眼睛和脑子对了一晚上的账

this game is the biggest coding flex i've ever seen, love it.

Душевненькая, миленькая, приятненькая, коротенькая, хорошо работающая на релизе игрулечка. Дай боженька здоровья всем тем, кто делает до сих пор такие игры.............

Те самые сны при температуре 39

ViewFinder的椅子是可以坐的👍

刚开始玩：游戏质量和价格都让我仿佛回到了The Witness

玩完了：这玩意儿TM卖90？

有一说一，是一个让人感觉失望的作品，不是说做得不好，只是说他本可以做得更好。
demo给人以丰富的玩法遐想，但实际玩下来没有比demo多太多新玩法，多个换世界的门，多个打印机，多个定点拍照，多个音响开关，好像没了，就是加了点独立的小解谜要素。
超现实主义没有做到超阈值空间那样庞大到整个世界为我所调控的尺度，一开始跳出游戏我以为后面会有在外部世界交互的内容（类似传送门）但并没有，一个个割裂的线性关卡让整个玩法的格局被严重限制。
解谜关卡也没做到见证者那样优秀的关卡设计和环环相扣的关卡间逻辑，每类谜题只是浅尝辄止，同一类解谜三四个小关卡太少了啊，一个场景内多个关卡线性链接打完一个解锁下一个，那环境构建有什么意义呢？只是为了好看？
最后5分钟的限时解谜很难不联想到见证者的官底随机谜题阵，挑战性值得表扬，但要是能将前面的更多解谜要素融合起来会更好。
游戏中大量的小道具确实丰富环境，但只有少数可收集的能摁E，大部分你也不知道是不是该收集只能一顿乱蹭，椅子倒是都能坐，比 强。
总之，玩是值得一玩，但80多块你3.3小时的游戏体量以及这些游戏玩法我觉得是不值的，demo给人期待拉太高了，希望制作组后续能在这个优秀机制上多发掘打磨一下。

新增：制作组没活儿就开个创意工坊吧

=======大小=======
☐ 百兆小游戏
☐1-5 G
☐ 5-10 G
✓ 10-20 G
☐ 20-50 G
☐ 50-100 G
☐ 100-200 G
☐ GMOD

=======图像=======
☐ 像素党秒天秒地！
☐ 无法和现实区分
✓ 赏心悦目
☐ 很美丽
☐ 一般
☐ 不怎么样
☐ 别盯着看太久
☐ 画图.exe

=======游戏体验=======
☐ 完美！！！
✓ 不错！
☐ 普普通通
☐ 不怎么样
☐ 盯着墙看都比玩它强
☐ 锻炼你的精神抗打击能力

=======声音效果=======
☐ 耳朵怀孕
✓ 感动人心
☐ 还不错
☐ 一般
☐ 不咋样
☐ 耳朵流产
☐ 音乐？什么音乐？

=======受众群体=======
☐ 儿童
✓ 青少年
✓ 成人
☐ 仅限成人

=======配置要求=======
☐ 能玩扫雷的电脑都能玩
☐ 入门配置
✓ 一般配置
☐ 进阶级配置
☐ 发烧级配置
☐ 神威•太湖之光

=======难度=======
☐ 点点点突突突炸炸炸
☐ 轻松愉快
✓ 得动动脑子
☐ 上手快精通难
☐ 烧脑

=======游戏寿命=======
☐ 玩完就退款
✓ 5-10小时
☐ 10-30小时
☐ 30-50小时
☐ 50-100小时
☐ 100小时以上
☐ GMOD
☐ 我觉得我能比它先去世

=======游戏粘性=======
☐ 可能不会完全通关(毫无新意的垃圾游戏)
✓ 通关一次(玩着还可以的游戏)
☐ 通关2-5次（这是*ao的）
☐ 通关5-10次(这游戏我他妈玩爆！)
☐ 通关10-20次(你出不出3？嗯？我就问你出不出三？)
☐ 通关20-50次(死忠粉专属选项)
☐ 通关∞次(？？？？)

=======操作=======
☐ 你家的宠物也能玩
✓ 简单
☐ 中等
☐ 困难
☐ 反人类
☐ 只狼

=======肝=======
✓ 护肝
☐ 如果你想玩出点花样
☐ 肝与不肝并不影响剧情
☐ 每关必肝
☐ 肝痛
☐ 必须24小时全天候地肝

=======肾=======
✓ 护肾
☐ 需要短暂休息了
☐ 需要休息一段时间了
☐ 每关必冲
☐ 肾痛
☐ 一时手冲一时爽，一直手冲一直爽

=======故事情节=======
☐ 故事?什么故事?
✓ 文字或语音剧情
☐ 平庸
☐ 还行
✓ 很不错
☐ 精彩
☐ 可以作为你的第二人生

=======平均一关游戏时间=======
☐ 办公室必备
☐ 短小精悍
✓ 中等
☐ 较长
☐ 卧槽！天亮了！

=======联机=======
✓ 孤独患者
☐ 你唯一的沙雕网友
☐ 2-5人
☐ 5-10人
☐ 10-30人
☐ 30-64人
☐ 行星边际2

=======语种=======
☐ 你信不信我会八国语言？
☐ 基础英文
☐ 可以打汉化MOD或补丁
✓ 自带汉化！

=======价格=======
☐ 免费游玩!
☐ 业界良心！
☐ 值这个价
✓ 如果你有点闲钱的话可以一试
☐ 不推荐原价入
☐ 信仰无价

=======游戏整体评分=======
☐ ？- ？分(暂时无法评定分数)
☐ 0-10分(垃圾游戏、差评)
☐ 10-30分(完完全全的不及格)
☐ 30-50分(总体不是很和谐，但是买来当笑话看应该不是什么大问题)
☐ 50-65分(勉强及格，算是个游戏)
☐ 65-80分(算是个不错的游戏了)
✓ 80-95分(无论从哪个角度来看都非常不错)
☐ 95-100分(这游戏牛逼！)
☐ 100-100+分(完全超出预定水准，无论从哪方面看都是精品)
☐ ∞分(死忠舔狗专属评分)

=======Bug=======
✓ 几乎没有
☐ 少量
☐ bug令人烦恼
☐ 育碧
☐ 模拟山羊

First of all, I'd like to start by saying HOW?? This game has one of the smartest mechanics I've ever seen in an indie game. As a Gameplay Programmer myself, some ideas that's suggested throughout the process of making a game might sound smart, but undoable for most of the time. Sometimes Designers wants something but Programmers says otherwise. In Viewfinder's mechanics, I see myself saying "How would I implement this?"--which I would love to learn because it amazes me to find out about new mechanics and their development processes-- From the look of this game, it seems like Sad Owl Studios doesn't take "undoable" for an answer.

After finishing the game in one day, it still blows my mind to think about it because, how and why is this game this bug-free while having these kind of mechanics???? I tested a lot of weird occasions, but no, nothing really bugged it. It was perfectly smooth and still looking good which is annoyingly amazing.

But anyways, aside from how good of a game this is as in terms of "Game Development", it's also a pretty good game to experience as a player. I loved how easy it is to grasp the gameplay, I loved the level/game design in each scene and I definitely LOVED the art design for sure. This feels like a really good example to show how each department in an indie game studio works really good as a whole team!

To me it never felt repetitive, with new features coming along the way, it made me even more connected to the game. The only downside was that I couldn't really feel attached to the story that was coming along with me through the journey, I was very intrigued with the gameplay itself, I forgot the story but that might be my fault. Also it ends quick, even though I played it for 8 hours yet it felt quick to me :(. I hope they make new levels at the future but for now, just please experience this game. Especially if you like games like Superliminal and Portal.

Uma obra de arte única e linda, é inacredtiável que um jogo com essa mecânica extremamente complexa e única funcione TÃO BEM. Não consigo nem imaginar o quão difícil foi produzir isso. Se tivesse que achar pontos negativos, seria a dificuldade e alguns diálogos irritantes.

O jogo tem uma mecânica brilhante, mas infelizmente é fácil demais e não usa as mecânica pra te fazer pensar em nenhum momento. Nunca você vai se pegar quebrando a cabeça tentando entender como resolver algum problema, tudo é extremamente simples, fácil e direto. O fluxo é interessante, mas a experiência poderia ser muito mais grandiosa com enigmas verdadeiramente complexos.

Mesmo assim, é um jogo incrível e vale bastante a pena.

Snapshot, Superliminal and Antichamber walk into an Escher painting.

You can pet the cat (the cat is very nice)

Can pet cat but can't copy cat

I wish there was more to do. The puzzles introduce interesting mechanics, but I for some reason I felt like I was in a tutorial for most of the game. I wish the forced perspective bits would have shown up more because they are pretty cool

Buy it on sale, since if felt too short for the price. 8/10 :)

因为它不像是一个完整的游戏

第一，游戏流程很短、解密也很简单，导致从进入游戏到通关也只需要两个小时左右。但我可是花了90块的啊？？？这么短的流程配不上这个价格；

第二，这个游戏给我的感觉就是一款半成品
这游戏的前辈，《传送门》《超阈限空间》都能给玩家展现一个完整的故事。《viewfinder》呢？只是把提出的概念作为游戏解密的背景，而不是真正地在讲述一个故事。这让我觉得游戏的剧情仅仅在给解密玩法作一个自洽的解释，甚至不能达成小说四要素“起、承、转、合”。
(剧透警告)拟境里存在的很多便签和留声机倒是告诉我们之前研究拟境的科学家们努力解决环境问题，主角呢？游览了一圈拟境，你这B还非要往深处走，最后人出不来，把拟境搞毁坏了，咱们还得感谢感谢主角？要不是最后带了盆草出来，我估计主角得坐上个毁坏文物的罪名。而拟境之外的剧情显得相当没用，主角与电话间的交流完全可有可无，关于主角进入拟境的动机，整个世界的背景其实根本没讲清楚。游戏也是在毁坏拟境后就匆匆结尾，我不明白剧情在这结束有什么作用。制作组你可真是把寸止玩明白了

机制的运用也缺少深度，很多游戏里的机制不能很好地联动，似乎新机制的出现就是为了阻止你用之前的方法通关，或者是跨过那些原本没办法跨过的障碍。新玩法还没捂热，就草草结束了。就像自己好不容易找到的A片，里面的男主射得比自己还快一样令人失望。



总的来说，戛然而止是这款游戏最大的痛处，如果这款游戏在五年前发布，也许我会毫不犹豫地给个好评。但是在这款游戏之前已经有《传送门》《超阈限空间》这些成功的先例，在它们之后再来玩这款游戏，只能说瑜不掩瑕了。
很遗憾，它没有达到我心中的预期
如果能有dlc或者续作补完匆匆结尾的故事，也许能填补我心中的遗憾吧

The most fun and unique game I've played since Portal.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy to Challenging
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☑ 9
☐ 10

J'ai passé un super moment sur Viewfinder, mais il est parfois difficile à recommander.

Le jeu est relativement court (je l'ai fini en 3h, niveaux optionnels compris), ce qui n'est pas forcément une mauvaise chose, mais j'avais l'impression de rester un peu sur ma faim. J'avais envie d'en voir plus, le jeu fait une première impression très forte, et on se surprend à s'imaginer des possibilités de puzzle qui découlent de chaque mécanique qui s'ajoute au fur et à mesure, le jeu ne donne jamais l'impression d'aller au bout de ce dont il est capable, et on se retrouve avec une majorité de puzzles très simples qui se font en "autopilote".

L'ambiance est top, les musiques sont réussies et couplées avec l'atmosphère des niveaux donnent quelque chose de très confortable, on y est bien et on voudrait y rester (et c'est d'autant plus dommage d'en avoir fait le tour en 3h). J'espère qu'un éditeur de niveaux/workshop steam est prévu dans le futur car mettre les outils dans les mains des joueurs permettrait d'atteindre la touche d'ingéniosité dans la construction de niveaux qu'il manque au jeu en l'état, selon moi.

C'était tout de même une super expérience, et selon moi Viewfinder est une oeuvre réussie, maintenant en tant que produit, je dois bien avouer qu'au prix fort de 25€ il est compliqué à recommander pour toutes les raisons que j'ai pu citer.
Avec une réduction à 15-20€ vous pouvez y aller les yeux fermés je pense

Everybody should play this at least once.

An experience of a puzzle game where you literally have to :

Think outside the box.
Think inside the box.
Rotate the box.
Flip the box.
Take a photo of the box, so you have two boxes.

jessie could be removed from the game wholecloth with no negative consequences. i'd argue that there would even be positive ones - she is fatally obnoxious and says literally nothing of any substance, or at least nothing the player isn't already thinking.

the game itself is great! it makes you feel like an idiot and a genius at the same time, like all great puzzle games

С оговорками, но я доволен Viewfinder. Разрекламированная механика «преображения реальности» сделана честно и без каких-либо досадных ограничений. Яркий и интересный визуальный стиль радует глаз, но не утомляет контрастами и деталями. Головоломки хоть и простые, но всё же достаточно интересные и разнообразные. Отдельных слов достоин говорящий голографический кот, который постоянно дежурит на локациях, подбадривает игрока. Его даже можно погладить, от чего он довольно правдоподобно мурлычет. Однако на этом плюсы заканчиваются и начинаются минусы.

Во-первых, игра для своей цены короткая, и при этом в ней нет поддержки пользовательских работ или мастерской steam. Всё приключение занимает часов 5, и это ещё если не сильно напрягаться. Во-вторых, тут неинтересный сюжет. Диалоги настолько плоские и бессодержательные, что я не удивлюсь, если выяснится, что они сгенерированы нейросетью. История подаётся очень банально — через разбросанные по локациям голосовые сообщения и текстовые записки. Плюс у нас есть всё тот же кот, который иногда проясняет сюжетные детали (и это хорошо), а ещё периодически какая-то чересчур эмоциональная гражданка нам звонит на таксофон. НА ТАКСОФОН!!! В 2023 году это уж точно уникальный и удивительный опыт. Особенно, если учесть, что протагонист у нас вообще-то немой. Да и по лору у нас какое-то там будущее... наверное (всем плевать). Но это всё как-то можно простить, а вот последнее задание — это действительно «на грани».

В финале внезапно включается обратный отсчёт времени, и за 5 минут надо решить 9 головоломок подряд. Это вызывает ступор, ведь до этого момента Viewfinder была скорее расслабляющей игрой. Ограничение по времени удивляет и по той причине, что нам никак нельзя сразу понять, что надо делать. Вот, например, в финале Portal тоже есть отсчёт времени, но там надо лишь понять принцип, и потом правильно исполнить последовательность действий, уложившись в отведённое время. Это и есть проверка навыка, которая в случае успеха дарит удовлетворение собой. Тут же это просто издевательство. Мы выясняем всё шаг за шагом методом проб и ошибок, и сложность представляет лишь количество повторений, которое потребуется, чтобы запомнить и воспроизвести всю последовательность действий. С тем же успехом можно поставить кого-то в центре пустой комнаты, связать ему руки за спиной, завязать глаза, раскрутить вокруг оси и заставить на время лбом искать единственный открытый дверной проём. Шишки несчастный получит наверняка, удовольствие — навряд ли. Но и это ещё не всё. Если провалить эту гонку пару раз (а это несложно сделать), игра начнёт тебе нагло подсказывать. На экране появится огромное окно с текстом, что надо сделать, чтобы упростить себе жизнь. Если учесть, что в меню и так есть пункт «Показать подсказку», то это просто неуважение к игроку, купившему ГОЛОВОЛОМКУ, а не «кинцо от Sony». Я едва сдержался, чтобы не нажать палец вниз, и, судя по отзывам, я не один такой. Это было по-настоящему обидно.

Но всё-таки я скорее доволен. Я получил достаточно положительных эмоций. Удивительная механика отлично работает, и в отличие от схожей по смыслу Superliminal Viewfinder не просто аттракцион, где надо лишь удивляться увиденному. Здесь у нас куда больше свободы в решениях, а значит больше удовольствия и веселья. Мне кажется, что любителям необычных головоломок обязательно стоит ознакомиться с этой игрой. Однако малая продолжительность, плохой сюжет, а также ужасная реализация концовки могут испортить впечатления. Рекомендую 👍 но только на распродаже с хорошей скидкой.


p.s. ещё советую обратить внимание на Lightmatter, которая несправедливо всеми забыта. Тот же жанр, интересная и схожая по смыслу воздействия на окружение механика, вселенная Portal, намного лучше история и подача, Hitman на озвучке (тот же актёр), но визуально мрак-полумрак.


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Enjoyed this game so much. Really clever puzzles and lovely environments. Going to play again to pick up more achievements.

Kameramı geri ver!!!!

Brilliant puzzle mechanic. Way too short. I recommend the game, but not at the price point.

Pros:
* satisfying puzzles to solve
* beautiful art
♥♥♥♥:
* boring story
* irritating characters

I suggest to turn off voices (or even subtitles -- you won't miss anything), and disable the timer in the timed-levels.
Then it's a smooth experience. You can still pet the cat.

Pros:
- The main mechanic of taking/placing photos is awesome and leaves you wondering how the devs executed it so well.
- Beautiful game aesthetically to go along with an enjoyable, gentle soundtrack.
- Puzzles are pretty satisfying to solve.
- Very fun to speedrun.

♥♥♥♥:
- Story and characters are extremely forgettable. (I don't care much about stories in puzzle games so this isn't huge to me, but it was still noticeable that I didn't feel attached to any of the characters. Except maybe cait because they are a cat. :) )
- I would've liked to see more mechanics introduced throughout the game. Specifically chapter 3 felt repetitive to me.
- Game took about 4-5 hours to complete and I wanted more!
- For a game that includes a decent amount of "parkour", I wish they included some mechanics that made jumping from place to place feel nicer. (a mantle?)
- Nitpicking a little here - For all the random objects that were scattered throughout all the levels, I wish you could pick them up! In Portal you can mess with everything from barrels to a can of beans and that felt missing here.

Overall I really enjoy this game. I think it was definitely worth the $25 price, but some may think the game is too short.

与其说是匠心，不如说是炫技。

比起3D解谜游戏，更像是一场电子游戏框架下的互动艺术展。

同为视错觉解谜游戏，本作在场景互动的自由度上超过了《超阈限空间》；但回到关卡设计，玩家可以轻易破坏或修改场景结构，对谜题的“环环相扣”来说，是一种颠覆性的存在，会反过来威胁着玩家解谜过程的自洽性与流畅性。那么，站在前辈的肩膀上，本作是怎么解决的呢？

只能说，过高的自由度反而导致了本作的关卡设计不得不进行某种程度上的自我阉割：像更为传统的或教科书级的3D解谜游戏一样，关卡设计师用严格的“自我审查”排除了绝大多数的捷径或邪道。这在相对更加传统的游戏上是行得通的，但在本作这般天马行空的机制下，关卡本身严密的逻辑推演加上入门级的难度，反而成为了玩家不得不面对的形式主义般的镣铐——一眼就能看出解法，也就只能看到非常单一或几种相似的解法。前期还会出现解法不唯一的关卡，建立在原有玩法框架上的新机制的涌现也恰到好处；中后期新机制较少、关卡设计的创意似乎也枯竭了，谜题解法单一。

于是，玩家的通关过程变成了时长较短且较为简单、机械的操作，这也是为何评测区会出现本作体量太小、通关太快、不过瘾的声音。

提供给玩家以新奇感、兴奋感以及正反馈的，只剩下了新机制的涌现，还有彩蛋的交互设计。然而这就出现了一个悖论：玩家想找乐子，就只能做对于谜题或通关来说无关痛痒或错误的操作。

这一点是与目前多数电子游戏的设计思路所相背的：玩家在游戏中的失误、试错是必要且被动的，与成功是同一且斗争的关系：对于非极端受虐爱好者的普通玩家而言，没有最终成功（或潜藏在抽象可能中的成功）带来的正反馈，则受苦部分永远也带来不了类似吃辣那种痛并快乐的快感。然而本作中，通关的试错成本被降至最低，随时可以倒带重来，故此通关后因失误的挫败感严重不足从而导致正反馈缺失，反而原本阻碍通关的行为产生了本身可为玩家提供正反馈的探索过程。

至此，本作完成了从电子游戏到电子互动艺术展的转变。关卡与剧情只是制作者画出的看展推荐流线，是制作者预设的叙事顺序，是作品的骨架与皮肤；最终实现玩家（或看展者）欣赏作品，实现了作品的再生产，组成了作品的血肉的，是玩家的互动与探索。

在本作如此精彩的互动设计下，某些打着第九艺术旗号的独立游戏，实则外表光鲜、内容空洞、毫无自由度可言的独立游戏，黯然失色。

最后提一个小意见：下一部作品与其在关卡上增加时长与所谓的体量，不如多增加有趣味性的彩蛋。本作的彩蛋虽然精巧，质到位了，量还是不算多。7~8小时可以完成通关+全收集，甚至无需开二周目。本作若是想锦上添花，还是开放关卡编辑器和创意工坊吧。

Do not set your expectations too high.
I hesitated a lot and I hate to give this game a bad review, but I'm overall too disappointed to give it a positive one.
On the bright side, there is no arguing that the main mechanic of the game is one of its kind and expertly executed, the visuals are also impeccable. And I'd say just for that the game is worth experiencing (on sale).

However.

The game is too short (~5h) for its pricepoint.
I found the puzzles to be quickly repetitive and lacking in creativity, diversity and difficulty :
- Few mechanics are introduced throughout the game.
- Solutions are often the same variation of the same few patterns.
- And after finishing all of the optional puzzles, only one left me really scratching my head by its ingenuity.

Overall fairly forgettable, but it all remained fun, colorful and satisfying to go through nevertheless.

Except they tried to put a scenario in there.

Urgh

And so, without being inherently bad, the game is unfortunately sprinkled over a unoriginal dystopian setting, that takes you through an unoriginal story about saving this world you have no emotional investment in, leading to a unoriginal plot-twist.
I can appreciate the attempt to make this about global-warming as well, but it is clumsily done in a common "telling instead of showing" kind of way.
This is in my opinion an unfortunate waste because the way the story is told is very disconnected from the medium.
The game offered a wonderful base for environnemental story-telling and connection with the player (almost physical, the world feels like playdoh), but instead they decided to have a cat tell you to save the world.
The polar opposite of games like Cloud Gardens, with minimalistic narration but impactful messages through visuals and mechanics.

Incredible concept, absolutely amazing gameplay! Reminds me of Superliminal and Portal where the very environment bends to your...

Jessie "Did you just bend reality!? That's awesome! OH a photocopier!? That's amazing! You're doing incredible solving this puzzle by the way! Are you stuck? Maybe try this!? Maybe you need to do that..?"

And here's the problem, I would recommend the game the moment you mute the characters. Thankfully the game does allow that, but why is she here!? Why are these characters constantly adding quips for every single ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ puzzle I solve!? "Follow the grey brick road!" Funny right!? REALLY HELPS THE IMMERSION! Who thought that was a good idea!? Who thought that was necessary!? Do I need the equivalent of a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LAUGH TRACK for this game!?

WHY!? Why isn't the mind melting puzzle breaking concept not enough to stand on its own. It is! Trust me it is. You don't need this, it severely weakens the game. We don't need this verbal enforcement and these god awful quips. It's insulting!

The concept alone is incredible, I highly recommend the game for that. But dear god, don't do this, don't include characters that add nothing but quips, backseat gaming, and further enforcement for the puzzle solutions. Ironically half way through the game someone seemed to realize how annoying Jessie is and decided to hide her behind an interactive phone object. That nearly works, except the phone rings. LOUDLY... It rings non stop until you answer or solve the puzzle. Then there's a secondary AI character that's not nearly as annoying, but the problem persists. You killed it, you killed the immersion right there. Portal works, why!? Because Glados isn't backseat gaming, she's an antagonist, the penultimate obstacle to overcome. Why does superliminal work? Because the AI and Dr Glenn Pierce act as further indication for how seemingly trapped you are in the sleep simulation.

Jessie isn't needed, the CAIT character isn't really needed. They weaken the game severely. I'm typing this in pure frustration over it.

不推荐购买，至少不推荐原价购买，就一个原因：短。
（个人）在不刻意收集、认真看剧情的情况下打完所有关卡也就三个小时，作为独立游戏流程短完全可以理解，但是这么短的流程你原价90打折卖我80我是接受不了的。
游戏很明显地借鉴了超阈限空间，也有人提到别的解谜游戏，但跟见证者比深度被完爆；传送门就更不用说了，游戏性和剧情的设计水平简直是天壤之别（不是踩一捧一，单纯看有人提了我也提一嘴）、
无可否认的是游戏在“创意“方面确实做到了极致，属于前无古人。后才可能有来者，然而可惜的点也在于此，在这么短的流程内没有多少关卡，至少我个人没有充分的体验到各个创意之间的联动，好像才刚刚搞懂可以这样那样配合一下就已经要通关了；
剧情貌似是可圈可点的，从各处细节能够察觉到背后可能存在的宏大的世界观，但我最多最多也只能给个及格水平。就是因为内容太少，好像啥都讲了，又好像啥都没讲，最后搞个开放式结局看起来很意犹未尽，实则经不起推敲。
另外几个小时通关还能说明一个问题，就是这游戏的谜题思考深度不够，除了几个选择性游玩的关卡，主线关卡说实话过于简单，几乎不需要动脑子，下意识就想到解法了。甚至有几关最复杂的地方在于你要找每一关的出口在哪里，你觉得这样的解谜有意思么？
不是不能玩，实在想玩的个人建议半价入手。

This is a wonderful game, I deeply enjoyed it and honestly it was a nice soft fun. The story is compelling and interesting, the emotional beats are well crafted, the companions aren't annoying and all in all it was a nice experience with plenty of easy "aha!" moments that make you feel like the smartest person alive.

Do I recommend this game? Unfortunately, I just can't recommend it as a puzzler. At $32.85 AUD it is staggeringly overpriced for what you get, which is a game that's barely 3 hours long and fumbles the capacity to be truly brilliant as a puzzler. This reminds me more of a Naughty Dog game, where the actual gameplay is not challenging to better allow yourself to be immersed in the world and the story. That's totally fine for a linear story telling game, but when Viewfinder is tagged as a Puzzle game (and steam is comparing it to games such as Portal and Portal 2) you'd hope that the puzzles would be the forefront of the gameplay not the story.

The puzzles (even the optional "challenge" puzzles) are easy. Really easy. Your biggest puzzle sometimes is trying to figure out where the exit teleport is so you can actually do the simple step to reach it. This is really such a shame, because this game had everything going for it to be a challenging perspective warping puzzler and I just don't think it delivered aside from one or two levels which introduced fresh and exciting concepts but never expanded properly upon them. I feel like this is half a game, that I just finished learning all the mechanics and I'm right about to start applying them and then the game is over.

既然评测被顶到首位了，容我再吼一嗓子——
uu鉴赏家，GO F YOURSELF

流程长度远不是问题的核心——我在游戏发售前就通过媒体评测了解了大致体量，并想好了如何说服自己接受任何一个150元以下的首发价格；但当制作名单在面前滚动的那一刻，再多的自我PUA也无法让我逃离现实：这92元不仅花得不值当，更花得憋屈。而这份憋屈若不通过一条红评释放出来，是会有害身心的。

• （第一条不满姑且仅限于我个人喜好。）流程中有一部分关卡与游戏所宣传的核心机制“取景”毫无关联，而采用了与隔壁Superliminal类似的“视角拼凑”机制：当玩家在特定位置、特定角度观察时，环境中的数块图案会拼凑出一个新场景。我很敬重Superliminal，但并不认为它是一款合格的解谜游戏，同理Viewfinder中的这些关卡也令我倍感失望（毕竟，本作对体验节奏的把控相比Superliminal还要逊上几分）。
  
  
• 完全放弃了深度与多样性的谜题设计。取景在大部分关卡中的功能不过两项：“复制”与“移动”；这些关卡的设计也浅尝辄止，玩家一眼望去就足以了然哪些物品需要不止一个、哪片区域又需要被填充或者转移。作者在第四章的挑战关卡中证明了自己知道取景的更多功能（例如形状的切割与拼接）与原有功能可以存在的深入交互，但却在主线关卡中极尽敷衍之能事，不仅将同类游戏用两到三关就能完成的机制介绍拉长数倍，更堂而皇之地设计出了专门为了将原有关卡原样复制一遍而存在的新“机制”（骂的就是你，定时阀）。哪怕和小小梦魇、INSIDE等真正只把解谜元素作为调剂的步行模拟器相比，此等对玩家思维能力的蔑视也是极其罕见的。
  
  
• 不及格的质量把控。这个问题大部分时候都被“简约”的关卡所掩盖，只能在上述提到的节奏问题中略见一斑。游戏的最终关是由九个小关连接而成的竞速关卡，每完成一个小关后地图便会在原地切换。前七个小关不存在严重问题，但由于第八小关的设计，玩家在完成本关时所在的位置并不固定，地图切换到第九小关后玩家便有一定概率踩空、掉出地图。难以想象如此缺乏水平的设计缺陷是如何活过playtest的，而最终关紧张的氛围和Cait语焉不详的对白更放大了这一问题：“万一本关的设计意图正是如此呢？”
  
  
• 老套、令人尴尬，且与游戏玩法毫无关联的剧情。暂且不提有相当多二次元手游的玩法都比本作更适合这个议题，3202年了，我们对环保的讨论真的还要停留在“爱护环境从小事做起”的层次吗？一想到这个烂怂结局有可能还在致敬我最喜欢的动画电影Wall-E，不免令我胆寒。

我不否认Viewfinder是一款在画面艺术上颇有钻研的作品，但游戏demo的最后一个谜题曾给了我很大的期待，未曾想这就是整个游戏的巅峰。另一个游玩过本作的朋友在交流时提到，“大部分对解谜游戏慕名的玩家，只能接受这个级别的谜题和关卡设计”——若事实果真如此，我的这份悲哀还要更沉重一分。

创意无价

Wundervoll. Jetzt bitte einen Editor für Fan-Levels.

I have to say I was amazed by this game. It has a really unique concept where you are able to change the reality by taking photos of things you currently see in front of you, take sketches, postcards and paintings that are currently in the world and you're able to use them to pass a level.

Even though it doesn't last that long, It has very impressive graphics, fun puzzles to solve and it gets you hooked over time. The puzzles in general are not that hard to solve, they just require your imagination, you don't really have to follow the typical ways of solving puzzles; you can always be creative when solving one.

The only thing that really was out of the place is the narrative. I was very confused at the beginning why are there so many random people talking to me and why is this cat creature all over the place, but if you listen to the gramophones that are scattered around the levels, bit by bit you'll understand what is going on.


I definitely recommend this game. You won't regret getting it.
Final score: 9/10

The tech is amazing, the concept is there, the art is great but the challenge just isn't there for a puzzle game. While the game does a good job at getting across its mechanics and the ways to exploit them, it just stops there. Most levels are carefully designed around a new interaction but those only act as tutorials, for the whole length of the game, making it insultingly easy.
The game overly relies on the gimmickiness of its mechanics but never explores them in depth, never leaves them a chance to truly shine. Weak writing also didn't help make the game feel any less superficial. Would love to see the concept expanded upon.

Великолепная задумка, получаешь неимоверное удовольствие когда 2D фотография проникает в 3D мир. Интересные головоломки, отличная визуальная составляющая и атмосферная музыка.
А еще тут есть кот, которого можно гладить.
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Viewfinder是一款第一人称解密游戏，游戏中主要利用视觉错觉，将2D照片与3D现实结合，将相片上的场景投射到现实当中，从而对现实产生影响，以此解密通关，游戏有非常好的创意，但是关卡设计较为浅尝辄止，基本没什么太大难度，相当于一部步行模拟器了。纯通关游戏时长不到4个小时，92圆的定价现阶段的性价比还是很低的，感兴趣可以等打折入。



虽然游戏时长仅仅有不到四个小时，但是还是带来了很多让人眼前一亮的玩法。游戏一共分了五个章节，每个章节有十几个小关，基本很快速就能找到路，而在每个章节中前几关都会加入新的玩法，能不断给人带来眼前一亮的新体验。但是感觉体验还不够深就结束了，算是甜品级解密了，都是浅尝辄止， 下来是游戏中玩法机制的介绍，如果想保留对游戏的期待可以掠过下面的玩法部分。
第一章也就是大家都已经了的，将照片中的物品改变角度直接带入到现实当中，一上来便是一个极具创意的玩法，其中在各种不同美术风格，例如素描，动漫，简笔画等等的相片中穿梭给我带了非常深的印象，但是一眨眼就过去了，并没有得到很深的体验。
第二章中主要增加了定点摄影以及将碎片化的相片结合起来，组成一张完整的相片两种玩法 。
第三章就拿到最受期待的拍立得相机了，每一关有固定的胶片数量可用，可以靠自己的选择来选择性的拍照，利用重复的现实场景来铺出自己的路，或者是获得重复的物品来过关。值得一提的是拍立得可以通过完成选择性讨战关卡来解锁不同的底胶，以获得不同的滤镜。而在本章节后面还有一些利用现实中的2D照片混淆视听，来诱导你错过正确道路的地方，刚发现这些东西着实让我感觉非常新奇。
第四章则增加了一种新的物质，游戏中紫色或蓝色物质不受相机影响，不会被排进照片，增加了穿过就可以改变世界滤镜的门，可以通过改变滤镜来穿过不同的门。
第五章则可以通过定点的延时摄影，将自己排进照片，从而利用照片实现自己的位移，来到达一些本来到达不了的地方。
值得一提的是游戏中还是含有很多的小彩蛋物品，比如扑克牌，游戏机，条形码，设计蓝图，动画卡片等等投射到现实中也较为有趣。
以上基本就是全部的玩法机制，很多，也很新奇，但是关卡的设计感觉就是非常简单的一加一，并没有非常突出的部分，这点还是很遗憾的。

游戏难度这方面，掺杂了这么多机制却只有这么一点游戏时间，就可见其难度还是很低的，中间几个可选关卡的还算有一点点的难度，然后就是最后一关的限时解密有一定的难度，但是设置里面可以关掉限时，还是比较人性化的。
画面方面还是非常精美的，能给玩家带来一个非常好的游戏体验，首先进入游戏就是传统的照相机风格的布局，相当精致。游戏中采用非常独特的画风，带玩家融入一个虚拟机的世界，其中融合了很多不同滤镜的相片，绘画，素描等等元素，使得整个画面具有很好的观赏性，不同风格不同样式的东西结合在一起，使得整个画面也极具张力。但是游戏没有拍照模式，直接截屏也会有一中间一个点影响。

声音方面没有非常突出的地方，但也是非常应景，没有与游戏脱节的感觉，人物语言的配音也很不错，该有的音效也都很到位，为整个游戏过程中还是增色不少。配上简单的游戏难度，还是让人感觉非常舒适的。

游戏的剧情也非常简短，在游戏中并没有将剧情直接了当的交给玩家，而是通过将剧情分割成一段段的对话，和关卡当中的一些文本，包括日记和便利贴，想要完整弄懂剧情需要下一定的功夫。个人游玩之后对整体剧情有了一个大概的了解，大概讲的是世界因为环境问题陷入危机，主角去寻找一个别人制造的机器，希望可以通过这个东西永远解决环境问题，最后明白保护环境需要从维护一株小草做起（doge）个人理解，有错误请见谅。
目前的价格配上游戏内容，性价比还是很低的，游戏中关卡设计也只是浅尝辄止，深度解密爱好者可能也会找不到想要的体验，这些东西还是很令人遗憾的，但是游戏中充满新奇创意的玩法机制和非常优秀的画面还是很值得一试的，等打折入手即可。

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如果我的评测对您有用，希望可以得到一个小小的赞，非常感谢。

I really tried to like Viewfinder, but I just can't get past over the game-journalist difficulty. 5/10

From a coding perspective, Viewfinder is one of the most brilliant showcases of mechanics in a 3D First Person puzzle game I have ever seen. I was in awe how EVERYTHING behaves naturally and seamlessly. I can't even begin to describe how cool I think that a game like this is even possible in the first place. While Viewfinder is an incredible achievement in programming, it sadly completely fails as a puzzle game, it never explores the mechanics it introduces. It simply skips to the next mechanic before actually doing anything with what you have learned. The entire game feels like a tutorial for game journalists. Even the more advanced puzzles never got me stuck for more than a minute or two. You are also rarely limited in taking photos even though you have a rewind mechanic . So most of the time I only used 1 or 2 of the 5 photos that i had access to.

Viewfinder reminds me a lot of "Manifold Garden" and "The entropy Centre", where these games have excellent mechanics but never does anything with them. It is pretty to look at, but contains no depth. Which just leaves me so disappointed, because I know you can make an absolutely amazing mind-bending puzzle game with these clever ideas. Even if it was on the easier side, I would've been happy with it. But Viewfinder is so pathetically easy that I never really had to think, the solution was already apparent to me the moment I had explored the level.

All in all, I wish these game developers good luck in creating a more engaging experience, because Sad Owl Studios clearly have the technical skills to create something really special. You just need to take more time in designing challenges for the players and you got yourself that masterpiece that will set the standard for all the games that come after it. I still look forward to the next game from this studio just because I know there are some incredibly skilled developers behind this technical marvel of a game. Hopefully, they continue working on Viewfinder and add some hard DLC levels to Viewfinder because I am still down to buy them. Because the concept of the game is just that great.

If you came looking for puzzle games, I have some recommendations for you. I would suggest playing "Portal (1 and 2)", "The Talos Principle" or "The Witness" in the 3D First Person puzzle game genre or "Baba is You" from the top-down 2D Puzzle game genre. And for mystery games I recommend "Return of the Obra Dinn" and "Outer Wilds", I really recommend playing these two completely spoiler free, don't even look at the trailers.

Edit:
As some of the people have pointed out below, Manifold Garden contains additional difficulty when you try solve it without picking up god-cubes. But the game never hints that you can do that, which to me is bad design. When compared to Baba is You's Level Keyword or The Witness' Tracing the actual environment it's immediately obvious that you can do some crazy stuff with it. I don't want to have to go through an achievement list or have to look up guides to realise that what i'm looking at is just the surface level and not the entire game.

great puzzle game but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ jessie is so annoying. cait is 110% a better companion and i'm glad he's around more.

The puzzles are phenomenal. The vibes are fantastic. The writing and voice acting...kinda hurts. I think it's a great example of "less is more" - it's a shame I think I'd have had a better experience with voice volume turned off and subtitles disabled. There'd have been more intrigue and mystery that way.

Absolutely worth your time.

Lovely game, in the same genre as Superliminal. It's a bit pricey, but I think it's worth it. Non-euclidean games like these are my favorite, after all.

Can't wait to complete it tonight.

You can pet the cat. 10/10

Je suis vraiment idiot et j'ai trouvé le jeu bien trop simple. excellent jeu mais j'aurais aimé en voir +.

Beaucoup trop court pour 25€.

Got an achievement for drawing a pen!s

Mind melting and emotional. Someone's heart and soul went into this game, and it shows

This game got a lot of hype and after playing the first few puzzles, I was left wondering if the surprise factor was exhausted with the demo... but no, the game has a few more tricks up its sleeve and there's a lot of good moments as you get through it. Once it clicks, the game invites you to just play with the environment to see what you can do beyond just finding a straightforward solution to the puzzle at hand. My only pet peeve is the timed puzzles, especially the last one. I could have done without that. Still, a big thumbs up for me.

The story is bad and the voice acting isnt very good. Everything else about this game is great. I'm constantly having these "wow that's cool" moments. I'm hoping that they expand on this concept because it opens itself up to a lot of unique ideas.

Edit: I wanted to include everything I didn't like. Because despite all of it, its still worth purchasing and playing.

♥♥♥♥:

There is no Story. And the one that is there doesnt make much sense.

Voice acting is terrible. Part of it is the script but a lot of it is the actors phoning it in.

The travel system is slow. After the initial "wow" factor it becomes a slog to waste time traveling between hubs.

The levels are not organized very well. It was hard for me to remember the order of the levels once I decided to replay them. So achievement guides can be hard to follow when something like "go to chapter two, level three" becomes a scavenger hunt.

The last level didnt make any sense to me. They took away all the cool unique aspects of the game and turned it into a speed run where you just make bridges to get to the end for most of it. Honestly I just took extra pictures of important things (like batteries) and cheesed a lot of it so I could beat it on time.

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Now again despite all of this please purchase this game and play it. I believe the intention of this game is to showcase the mechanics and not have a narrative experience. If we all buy this game then when they make the next one (hopefully) they can build on what they achieved and include an actual story. Because this concept is fantastic. I haven't been this excited to play a game in years and it did exactly what I wanted it to do.

Hacia mucho tiempo que un juego de puzzles no me sorprendía ♥♥♥ una idea realmente original, pero Viewfinder nos presenta una idea que nos volará la cabeza como hicieron juegos como Portal, The witness, Superliminal o Anti chamber.
En este juego encontraremos una mecánica de lo más creativa, ♥♥♥ una implementación excelente (la cual, siendo yo programador, me hace pensar que es magia) y cuyos creadores retuercen de formas muy originales dándole cada vez más profundidad.

La jugabilidad del juego es muy sencilla. Controlamos a nuestro personaje en primera persona a través de niveles flotantes pequeños, controlados y ♥♥♥ muy poca interacción, pero en los que ♥♥♥ tan solo las pocas herramientas que nos da el juego, podremos divertirnos y experimentar muchísimo.

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Une capture d'écran de Viewfinder

Par : Nyper

El juego empieza ♥♥♥ un concepto muy sencillo, pero poco a poco va metiendo cada vez mas mecánicas e interacciones para hacer que durante todo el viaje no dejemos de sentir que progresamos.

Tiene también una tecla ♥♥♥ la que podemos retroceder en el tiempo tanto como queramos. Esto nos evita los puntos sin retorno, y nos permite corregir pequeños errores de colocación sin necesidad de reiniciar el nivel por completo.

Todas sus mecánicas juegan ♥♥♥ las perspectivas y la superposición de imágenes, y es uno de esos juegos en los que cada puzzles tienen muchísimas opciones diferentes para completarse, haciendo que llegues al final preguntándote si la forma en que lo has afrontado era la esperada por los desarrolladores, o has "roto" completamente el juego inventando soluciones únicas.

A pesar de que el juego va sumando mecánicas cada vez más profundas, la complejidad de los puzzles no es demasiado elevada. Puede ser que te ataques en algún puzzle en concreto, pero raro será que tardes mas de 5 minutos en encontrar la solución.... En mi caso particular, los puzzles me duraban de media un par de minutos como mucho, incluso los llamados "de desafío" que son unos puzzles opcionales ♥♥♥ más dificultad.

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Une capture d'écran de Viewfinder

Par : Nyper

La duración, es corta también, durando el juego entre 2 y 3 horas. Esto no es necesariamente negativo, ya que personalmente prefiero eso a que se alargue innecesariamente ♥♥♥ puzzles repetitivos y clónicos, pero como se que para algunos si es importante, me parece correcto comentarlo.

Lo que el juego si que esta lleno es de guiños y easter eggs que nos incitaran a rejugar los niveles buscando todos los que nos hemos dejado. Hay decenas de ellos, camuflados como simples imágenes o en forma de poster que adornan el escenario pero que si recogemos podremos ver una perspectiva totalmente diferente y divertida.

El juego nos cuenta una historia distopía, de un futuro donde el clima ha arrasado ♥♥♥ la vegetación del planeta, y unos científicos utilizan la realidad virtual para probar soluciones. No está mal, pero personalmente no me ha enganchado mucho, ya que gran parte de su contenido está contada a través de notas escritas y audio logs.

Una verdadera maravilla. No solo no he encontrado ningún bug, si no que el juego además funciona perfecto, fluido y nos permite experimentar ♥♥♥ sus mecánicas de todas las formas que imaginemos.

A nivel sonoro es correcto y en lo visual nos presenta un mundo muy colorido y bonito que hará nuestra experiencia mucho más amena y nos permite contemplar vistas preciosas.

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Une capture d'écran de Viewfinder

Par : Nyper

Viewfinder es un gran juego, tiene unas mecánicas únicas implementadas de una forma perfecta y que nos harán ver las cosas desde otra perspectiva.
Experimentarlo por primera vez es una delicia y juega ♥♥♥ nuestra mente de formas muy originales.
Lamentablemente se queda un escalón por debajo de los más grandes, debido a su duración y a que falla un poco a la hora de ofrecer un desafío complejo, haciéndose todo relativamente sencillo e intuitivo.

My recommendation for this game is more about how enjoyable the vibes and gameplay are. It's a pretty chill game for the most part--nice and mellow puzzle game. I'd say most of the puzzles are fairly easy to solve (there's a couple I just couldn't figure out which bugged me a bit but I still enjoyed the game). I only really have two big issues with it:

1) Game Length v. Cost: It took me about 6 hrs to complete the game. When I purchased the game it was about 20 USD. I'm not super bothered by the price because the game is BEAUTIFUL and you get this soothingly voiced cat that you can pet on almost every level. But I also probably wouldn't have bought the game if I new the duration/cost relationship.

2) Forever Tutorial: The game feels like you're in a part of the game where you're being taught how to play the whole time and never turned loose to solve a bunch of stuff on your own. Every level feels more like a "this is how this mechanic works" and less like "let's see what you've learned" or "here's a challenge that will require you to put everything you know together."

Still a great game. I'd love to see more stuff like this.

Wow! I had this game on my Wishlist for a while because of how interesting it looked and decided to finally get it just to see if it's worthy of being nominated for a Steam Award.

A puzzle game about manipulating perspectives of a 3D world in order to activate and reach the exit, and also having the world manipulated against you. A puzzle game so fun it almost feels like an action game. Not difficult, I only got stuck a couple of times but the in-game hints helped me out with those.
It is really awesome to take a picture of an object and 3D-print it instantaneously in real-time to traverse the environment. Also picking up seemingly normal paintings and retro environments, then having them transform into 3D spaces that you can walk around in was quite satisfying as well

The story and ending provided charming context for the game mechanics.

I nominated this game for the Most Innovative Gameplay Steam Award!

快快快，我要创意工坊，我要造图，好急好急
超级好玩的一款独立游戏，物超所值，玩完就像是一场梦一样回味无穷

猫ですか？
好きなだけ撫でられますよ

Bayadır bekliyordum oyun mekaniği ve fikri çok değişik ve farklı. Bu tür oyunlar az rastlanan nadir oyunlardan. Çıktığı an aldım ve biraz oynadım , gerçekten iyi bir deneyimdi. Tavsiye ediyorum !

An incredibly original, fun, clever, relaxing and intuitive puzzle game that also utilizes various mechanics from exceptional titles like Portal, Antichamber, Manifold Garden and Superliminal. You take photos using your camera and pick up pictures/documents within the level that can then be used to manipulate the environment to reach the exit. The game does a fantastic job in adding new mechanics while allowing you to utilize its 'rewind' feature to undo one or more actions if you get stuck in the middle of a level. This "rewind" mechanic lets you experiment, without penalty, until you find a workable solution to your current situation. Viewfinder can be completed between 5-10 hours expanding across 5 different "hubs" all of which contains unique collectibles hidden within the levels. Highly recommended to any puzzle enthusiast [10/10]

This game will blow your mind, literally. The Steam Next Fest demo already made me smile a lot, just because of how fascinating and well executed the concept is. It really makes you wonder how all this is even possible.
The levels are very easy at first, however an hour in the game I definitely see an increase in difficulty, so I'm not just rushing through it any more.

The only thing that bothers me is the protagonist's cringe worthy voice acting. It was already the main criticism from people during the Steam Next Fest since it totally feels out of place and kind of ruins the immersion. Sadly the devs did not even bother to listen to the feedback and implement a mute option. There is only a volume slider for speech like in the demo, which also mutes audio logs (that have much better voice acting).

Hopefully the devs will still consider adding more options because otherwise this game is just awesome! And what about custom levels/ Steam Workshop? I hope to see it in the future!

Fun game but very very easy. First 3 worlds feel like tutorials, and even in world 4 and 5 I only got stumped twice, and once was an optional level (the watermelon level, definitely my favourite puzzle in the game. Felt great figuring out that one). It gets pretty condescending having the characters in the game go "Wow you're so smart and cool for solving that puzzle" when it took you like 2 seconds.

So buy it if you want to, but don't expect much playtime if you have even a little puzzle game experience. Compared to another perspective trick focused puzzle game i've tried, superliminal, i'd say this one is better in general.

Also small nitpick but why on earth would you give a popup for a hint at the very end of the game, in the ending sequence? Not even for a level really, just a complete immersion breaker. All these accessibility options and no option to turn off hint popups?

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ:
Знаю, что важный для многих вопрос - "Есть ли головоломки на время?"
Да, они есть, но разработчики добавили функцию для казуальных игроков "Выключить таймеры".


✅ - ГЕЙМПЛЕЙ.
Ты никогда не играл ни во что подобное.
Из 2Д картинки создаёшь полноценный 3Д мир со своими звуками, своей графикой и своими ДРУГИМИ объектами.

Находишь на столе штрих-код, активируешь, ВХОДИШЬ ВНУТРЬ ШТРИХ-КОДА и получаешь целый лес, по которому можешь передвигаться.


✅ - ГОЛОВОЛОМКИ.
Никакого рандома, всё решается исключительно логически... и местами от того как ты умеешь жать кнопки.

Ты фактически разрушаешь и строишь уровень как хочешь, из-за чего у всех прохождение будет отличаться в этом плане.
И ты можешь так воссоздать уровень, что до цели тебе помогут навыки платформера, придётся прыгать.


✅ - МЕХАНИКИ.
Нет, игра не будет душить 5 часов одной и той же механикой.
В игре 5 глав и на каждой своя уникальная механика, о которых вам не рассказывают в трейлерах.

what.......... 

Création de la communauté pour Viewfinder

Par : ɆxⱣɍømɨ

✅ - ПЕСОЧНИЦА.
Или "развлеки себя сам".
Благодаря механикам игры ты можешь баловаться на уровнях, уничтожать роботов или создавать армию, и поощрат тебя за это ачивками.


✅ - САУНДТРЕКИ.
Абстракционный эмбиент, очень хорошо создаёт атмосферу, не напрягает, не долбит по ушам.


✅ - АТМОСФЕРА.
Схожа с "Epitasis".
Ты не понимаешь, что происходит, но тебе кайфово находиться в этом мире.


✅ - ОЗВУЧКА.
Хорошая.


✅ - ОПТИМИЗАЦИЯ.
Учитывая механику игры - я не представляю, как разработчикам удалось настолько хорошо оптимизировать игру.


✅ - СКИНЫ.
В виде фильтров дла фотоаппарата.
Мелочь, но бесплатная кастомизация это всегда плюс.



⚡ - ЛОКАЦИИ.
"Базы", где происходит выбор уровня красивые.
Но локации с уровнями пустые, на них ничего нет.


⚡ - ГРАФИКА.
Можно назвать это "Стилем", но мне не понравилось, что объекты в виде листвы, травы, цветов это 2Д.
Хочется в 2023 году объемности.


⚡ - НЕХВАТКА БАЗОВЫХ ФУНКЦИЙ.
1 - Нету фоторежима.
2 - Нету возможности присесть, это бы значительно упростило прохождение в плане удобства, т.к. на данный момент местами приходится высчитывать миллиметраж, чтобы ты прошёл СТОЯ.
3 - Нет возможности зазумить камеру на ПКМ, или любую другую клавишу, чтобы рассмотреть мелкий объект более детально.



❌ -СЮЖЕТ.
Его подают, и подают с нотками драмы, но очень мало монологов, и они довольно пустые.

Опять учёные.


❌ -ЗАПИСКИ.
По локациям разбросано огромное количество записок, на которых написаны разные термины.
Непонятно, зачем они, лишь внимание отвлекают.


❌ -ЛОР И ПЕРСОНАЖИ.
Прям чувствовал всю игру, что мир игры не раскрыли.
Толи сценарист не понимал, что он пишет, толи его подгоняли сроки.


❌ -КОЛЛЕКЦИОННЫЕ ПРЕДМЕТЫ.
Не издают никаких звуков, не выделяются на фоне других объектов.
Не отображаются уровни, где ты нашёл предметы, а где нет.


❌ -И СЕСТЬ И ВСТАТЬ.
На каждый стул можно сесть, коих может быть по 10 на одном уровне.
Зачем? Непонятно.


❌ -ИНТЕРФЕЙС.
Это даже смешно, что в такой уникальной игре такой простой интерфейс.

Petting the cat after every puzzle is the ultimate prize

第一次放下照片的时候让人会惊呼“哇哦”，
但这个创意和技术，不足以支撑整个游戏的解谜长度，会很快疲倦。感觉还是需要增加一些其他玩法。

Unfortunately, it's about 4 hours of content, including all optional puzzles

It's a beautiful and unique game, but there's just not enough to it. It introduces a lot of clever and interesting puzzle mechanics, many of them reminiscent of Superliminal... and just like Superliminal, it never uses them again after you play a few levels dedicated to only using that mechanic, and ends right after showing you all of them, when it should be showing off puzzles that finally incorporate everything and are a real challenge

这个是一个颇为有趣而且还是很有想法的游戏，我认为独立游戏就应该这样做。

抛弃掉画质好不好，剧情多不多，人物好不好看外，你首先要找到你这个独立游戏的核心，就是机制，如何能够体现你这个游戏的好的机制，才是独立游戏的关键点。



而所谓的画质是像素还是3D，视角是第一人称还是第三，角色是画美了还是画崩了都不是重点。

我们以这个游戏为例子。

基本没有，上来就是一个摄像头悬空，这游戏虽然提供给你坐下椅子了，但是你根本没有给你做人物建模，所以你坐下的时候是镂空的。

准确来说是个没剧情但是有世界观构架的游戏，比如你虽然一开始是在一个奇怪的世界里，但是你如果继续玩几关，就会发现你其实并非是在一个虚拟的世界里，你只不过是在体验VR，调试BUG而已，中间会让你离开这个虚拟设备里，到真实的世界里看一下。
但是也不过是给你看一个大概而已，如果说虚拟世界，你是进去其中看世界的构成，你是神，世界是造物。
那么在现实的世界就容易反过来，你是造物世界是神，你成了瓶中的玩偶了。

有，并且这个游戏的机制还真的挺不错。
他的表面上是一个传统的解密游戏，但他提供了一个极其强大的容错，就是可以允许倒带，把你做错的了东西全部复原，解决你的所有疑问。
而真正核心的，给你第一个照片，你来寻找融合上下左右把这个照片融合到场景里去，并且还能够保证这次的移动是可以接上下一个区域的。
从而造成了一种解密，虽然解法有限，但是有足够的容错空间，比如说你的照片是一个 桥，只要符合物理规律，你横着放还是竖着放，只要能过去，怎么放都可以。
解密的玩法基本上分为三种，一种是用一个 建筑作为落脚点，快速移动到目的地上去，这个比较容易看明白。
第二种是一种就比较难了，是用一个建筑替换原有的建筑，从而打开新的道路。
这种需要你判断图片与现有建筑的对应的关系了，是个比较进阶的思考。
第三种则是需要你透过建筑观察思考建筑里内部，是否有什么解密的道具，比如说电池。
游戏里每一关的终点是传送门，而传送门的开启需要电池。有的电池在另一个地区，有的电池则藏在了某个建筑物里面，这个建筑物是没有入口的，需要你通过照片切开一个缺口，然后进去寻找。
从这三个方面，你就能看出这个机制的有趣之处了。

游戏里另一个优点，是全中文，而且连纸条上的文字都变为了中文，而不是英文的情况下给你一个字幕。
这一点真的是好评啦！

You can pet the cat

就像我就是阅卷老师，答题人前面的作答十分完美，我开始期待他后面能交出至少90分答卷的时，发现后面题目一道没写，核算总分刚好60

I really really enjoyed this game.

The mechanical innovation is a breath of fresh air.

I was expecting to enjoy it based on the mechanics alone.
But I was surprised by viewfinders story and voice acting.
The whole vibe of the game is just very pleasant. I would describe it as hopeful.

I do kind of wish people would stop complaining about this games length.

It feels like comparing a single one star dinner with 30 big macs.

Yes the 30 Big Macs are indeed more food, but how does that compare to the quality of a single one star dinner.

I am not saying there is anything wrong with a Big Mac. They have their place and purpose and can be very nice especially when hungry. But its such a stupid comparison...

This is a Quality innovative game. That is what you are paying for. A game that provides you with a truly unique experience that you have never experienced before.

Don't buy a one star dinner when all you are is hungry.

Час игры, и час сидения с открытым ртом! Геймплей просто невероятный, и почему раньше до такого никто не додумался?! Брать снимок/рисунок и воплощать его в игровом мире, это просто гениально!
Игра только вышла и я уверен, она займет место в рейтинге игр года 2023, это шедевр! Она доставляет массу эмоций!

Не пожалел ни капли потраченных денег, пусть разработчики по достоинству оценят количество продаж у игры, в которую они действительно вложили душу, давно в стиме подобных новинок не встречал. Игра оставляет впечатления именно такие, какие и должны оставлять компьютерные игры, это фантастика!!!

Игра завораживает, кружит голову, и ломает мозг о представлении трехмерного пространства, это действительно бриллиант и открытие в жанре головоломок, которое дает тебе взглянуть на задачи под другим (в прямом и переносном смысле) углом и подход к решению может быть любым, "прорубив" стену, либо построив мост, чтобы через нее перепрыгнуть и тд и тд и тд..
Сложно описать все эмоции, ты просто попробуй, уверен, она не оставит тебя равнодушным)


ИГРА ГОДА!!!

upd. за уровни с иллюзиями разработчикам отдельная награда!!

Viewfinder is a game that you see a cool trailer of and marvel at how such a game is real. And then you play it, and you experience the first level, and you marvel all over again seeing it in action. And then you play it for a few more hours and realize that the initial wow-factor is the highest peak the game ever reaches. The nature of the game's puzzles means that they're usually solved very quickly, and while the eureka moment feels great, it's not a sustainable feeling. We are yet to have a gaming equivalent of the term "Oscar-bait", but when we do, this game will be the definition of it. The story isn't pretentious enough to hold the game back too much, but it is meaningless, and the game would be better if it didn't have any story at all.

Insane tech, beautiful visuals and music, and engaging story. The puzzles are really clever but not particularly difficult.

“Viewfinder” is a truly masterpiece and a godsend for all visuals, from the game colors simply impossible to take a look away! It's eye-catching, calming, and magnetic. The color palette truly creates a sense of safety, a dream-like feeling. The spaces (rooms, levels) in this game are gorgeous. It makes being in them more precious and delightful. The plot and passage of levels (for lovers of visuals) can even go to the background, and most of the game time will be spent on the explore such unusual spaces. One can spend several hours viewing every little thing, every plant, and finally be inspire by the views and the overall picture of the level.

The game's puzzles are mesmerising in the fact that they constantly need a new attitude, as well as an analysis of the situation and location. Some are fairly simple, while others force to reconsider everything that was before and solve them in a totally new way. Due to the low number of levels, the game does not get annoying, and thanks to the various gameplay mechanics (which are used to pass the puzzles) will not get dull or lose the interest! It's tempting to move forward, go from teleport to teleport, throw a challenge to physics (the game exactly provides this opportunity), crash the levels, fool around and do everything that comes into mind. And the “Viewfinder” will only reward it all! So, don't be afraid to think outside the box, because that's exactly what the game is waiting for ;)

From now on, let turn to the plot of this game. The hero is not just sent to the simulation, as it may seem from the very beginning. There is a certain and very important purpose, which changes a bit with the time of staying in the simulation. This goal is unknown to the player from the start, and the friend who accompanies the hero on this journey (outside the simulation) and supports his state of life doesn't quite immediately reveal all cards. The story itself immersion is quite slow, practically unnoticeable.

Wandering through the spaces, the protagonist gets to know the life of the creators of the simulation, and namely a group of people of completely different professions and characters, who are united by one goal. Here the player will not be able to see their faces or communicate with them. All the information about the creators is presented through notes, and through recording their voices on a gramophone. It's incredibly interesting to immerse in their stories, to watch them become close, have fun, figure out new things, reach some scientific (and not only) conclusions, but also to notice their slow and unstoppable madness and frustration. Their story is certainly riveting and once again makes an important global issue come to mind. It wouldn't be exciting at all if I continue to deepen into the plot, it's better to experience all these emotions on your own while exploring such an unrivaled game.

As well as the protagonist's friend and a group of simulation makers, there's another important character in the game. Truly, how not to mention the charming little companion who will follow the player through the levels - a cat called CAIT. It will not help to solve the puzzles, it will only encourage with a warm speech for their fulfilment. With its low and velvety voice, the cat will gently comment the actions by telling more about the simulation and the people who made it. CAIT will always look at player with a look full of love and kindness, and cheer up the hero with the right, meaningful words. Its voice will haunt throughout the game, and petting this cute cat will become a little ritual (because it purrs very sweetly and loudly)!

Finally, I would be pleased to say that this game really has impressed me to the depths of my soul, leaving me with indescribable feelings and bringing a totally unique gaming experience. "Viewfinder" provided me with a lot of joy, an incredible impression, I want to talk about it non-stop! This game really blows the mind, makes all visuals fall in love with it, forces to view the things from different viewpoints, and it's a genuine brilliant among 3D puzzles.

Хорошая игра. Хорошая графика. Атмосферная.
Головоломки простенькие, не очень сложные (По крайней мере для меня...)
Очень много ачивок.

Но вот, если идти на "Платину" - стимовскую медальку (за все открытые ачивки) можно сойти с ума. Очень душные последние ачивки, которые получаются без сюжета и за секреты (их там 30+ штук), в основном без гайда вы их не откроете. Главный мой вам совет: не усните, пока их гриндите. мда

Esse jogo é bizarro de lindo, e a jogabilidade é tão fluida, com uma curva de aprendizagem tão natural, que da vontade de chorar de emoção. Um Superliminal ainda MAIS complexo, com o uso de perspectiva e redefinição de realidade, usando fotos e outras ferramentas pra moldar o mundo.

Joguei a demo de Viewfinder no dia em que saiu, e foi uma experiencia absurda. Agora, com o jogo completo, estou emocionado e explorando cada cantinho do game. Joguei o capítulo 1 por enquanto, e já tiveram coisas que eu não esperava, aparentemente esse jogo tem mais profundidade do que parece.

Joguem, vale cada centavo.

need more levels and a bit more harder ones

It's a solid game but if you are looking for challenging puzzles I do not recommend it.

Very creative and unique puzzle game that even I, an idiot, could beat.

99% del juego es una maravilla, el otro 1% es la irritante voz de Jessie, qué personaje más insufrible.

Viewfinder 取景器 是一个视错觉类第一人称视角解谜游戏。机制创意非常棒，可以将2D的照片场景投射到3D场景中。本人花了3小时40分全关卡通关了游戏，体验不是很好，但我依然决定推荐给其他玩家，因为这个游戏比较适合给非硬核玩家体验游玩。
惯例，首先给出推荐结论：1、如果你对视错觉类游戏很感兴趣，同时又不想体验卡关的痛苦，那么这款游戏会非常适合，极力推荐但不推荐原价购入；2、如果你是硬核解谜玩家，是为了体验关卡设计的，那么这款游戏会非常不适合，不推荐；3、如果你是路人玩家，纯粹想体验体验看看剧情，那么这款游戏一般推荐，建议打折后酌情考虑入手。
接下来从 机制与关卡设计、体量与性价比、剧情与演出 以及 美术与声音 四个方面详细评测一下：
1、机制：总体上来说，机制的设计是很棒的，新机制的引入非常的合理且自然，而且机制之间的契合度也很高。
2、关卡设计：上面说了机制设计很出众，但是关卡设计严重拉跨，基本上每个机制都是浅尝辄止，都没怎么深挖，机制之间的综合也是比较初级的，大部分就是简单的叠加，鲜有能让人眼前一亮的综合设计。
3、难度曲线：极其平滑，中间的一些附赠关难度稍微上来一点点，然后最后一关难度一下子上来一大截，是一个不太舒服的难度曲线。
1、体量：非常小的体量，正常情况流程在4-5小时，快的话3小时不到就能通关，只能说是太短了，还没完全进入状态就没了。
2、性价比：现在的定价完全配不上游戏内容，无论是从体量还是质量来说，即使是首发购买折扣价82.8元也是很高的价格了。考虑到其创意和美术上投入的价值，我个人是能接受50+及以下的价位的。
1、剧情：这里不剧透具体剧情内容，只简单评价一下我的个人主观感受。我感觉游戏的剧情是受体量过短的影响，发展的有些快，而且很多细节都没交代，导致我到最后结局还是一脸懵逼，云里雾里。总之剧情方面体验不是很好。
2、演出：有关剧情方面的演出基本上没有，但游戏中有很多彩蛋演出做的非常好，将像素画、简笔画、经典游戏画面等投射出来并走进去的感觉确实非常棒，会体验到视错觉带来的惊喜。
1、美术：这块没得说，非常舒服，而且还有各种不同的美术风格相互交织且不会有很大割裂感，实属是给游戏体验加了不少分
2、音乐：没有特别印象深刻的BGM，但听着很舒服，这就足够了。
3、音效：音效整体上也没啥，只有一个地方我玩着有点头疼，就是每次使用传送器之后会固定放一个持续时间很长的音效，听多了有点反感，不过不算什么大问题。
4、配音：配音不算顶尖，但也没啥大问题，个别时候有点棒读。猫猫的大叔配音如果能换成女声或者年轻的男声就更好了。
Viewfinder 取景器 是一个带有遗憾的作品，有着一个非常好的底子，但是建筑搭的实在是有点草率了，不够稳固也不够高大。希望之后这个游戏能更新新关卡，或者新DLC，甚至直接添加创意工坊，否则我花的80多块钱真的就太不值了。

Overall a pretty nice game. The concept is amazing and the first view levels are mind blowing. The whole thing is pretty polished. It gets old pretty fast though, and I really miss some challenges (only the melon level got me tbh). I didn't feel like the narrative elements added very much. Back to back puzzles would've been fine for me. The achievements were really fun to get.

The asking price is a bit too high for what it offers. I'd wait for a 50% sale.

PS
Putting timers on certain puzzles is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid and you deserve negative reviews for that. Also just let me skip the credits for god's sake.

Reviewing Viewfinder based solely on its innovative technical solutions would result in a flawless score. My jaw hasn't dropped this dramatically during a game since I was a kid.

To be honest, though, I'm not thrilled with this title. While the game does invent a number of interesting puzzle techniques, most of the sections feel like mere appetizers because they never attempt to move above a very basic level.
The story feels like an additional feature, not something that would give me the drive to progress further. The writing is also passable, filled with soulless characters and an annoying commentator, but the cat at least improves this a little bit.


Pros
+ A remarkable achievement in terms of game design and programming
+ The puzzles are well-made and interesting
+ The visuals are absolutely stunning

♥♥♥♥
- The story feels like an additional feature and not as the backbone of the game
- The price is way too high for the offered playtime
- The difficulty in most parts completely stagnates


Simply put, there is no real story in the game. It's there, but it's very evident that it serves no purpose other than a nice extra feature. This is easily verifiable by visiting the game's store page, where not a single sentence is dedicated to explaining the game's plot.
I hope you understand that, because of this, I don’t know how much I can reveal about the narrative, even though, as I noted, you can easily enjoy this title by just focusing on the puzzles.

The dystopian planet of Viewfinder is characterized by a rapidly shifting climate. As a result of widespread global warming, oxygen is scarce in many areas. Yet, a group of dedicated scientists have created a technology that, if recovered, might drastically improve the future of the human race. The narrative mostly focuses on the past, giving you a glimpse into the group's routine, research, and internal conflicts. Listening to gramophones and reading written logs help reveal more and more about the history of the various structures and worlds as you explore them.
You'll also have a helpful feline companion named Cait, who will tell you interesting anecdotes and point you in the right direction.

In my opinion, Viewfinder's gameplay mechanic stood on its own without the need for a story, and I suspect that was the case with the developers as well. It adds some flair to the game but raises more questions than it answers. By the end, I had no idea what had happened, and the story as a whole had failed to impress me.



Finally, we're getting to the game's meat and potatoes: the puzzle systems.
You've probably already had a few "what, how?" moments simply reading through the game's website; trust me, you'll have a dozen more like that while you play the game!
The central component is a camera that can capture a moment in time and render it as a photograph; the resulting image is far superior to a "simple 2D one" since it can be positioned in space.
But that's not all; Viewfinder never fails to impress me with its technological wizardry, whether it's an interactive rendition of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" or an especially ingenious optical deception. The game heavily rewards those who are interested in exploring the outstanding liminal spaces.

In order to advance from one level to the next, you must activate, rotate, or even just find the corresponding portal. The rules will evolve slightly on later levels, but the core concept will remain the same throughout. In particular, the levels that included new types of sounds were fun to play since they demanded creative problem-solving.
The problems are initially easy—perhaps a little too easy - but, in the game's second half, Viewfinder truly picks up speed, presenting you with challenges that call for you to change your point of view and, in some cases, launch yourself into the air before plummeting downhill to land on a photograph you have to place in a ‘pro gamer’ way.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/sharky055/screenshot/2042996641223163790/


All of the puzzles make use of this principle in somewhat different ways: as you advance through the stages, the puzzles will become progressively more challenging; nevertheless, a better word might be "denser," as almost all of the puzzles just scratch the surface.

While not the fault of the game or its creators, this issue has become somewhat of a norm in the puzzle genre over the past few years, with numerous games featuring impressive yet underutilized gameplay mechanisms. The game's major issue is that the difficulty never rises above a certain point; instead, it consistently introduces new mechanisms every few levels and then stops expanding.

The adventure culminates in a time-based puzzle that is a model of what a normal level in the game should have been like: dense, challenging, and offering a variety of unique solutions.

My main complaint about Viewfinder is how short the game is; I finished the main and most of
the optional levels in a little under five hours, and the game might offer me an additional hour or two if I'm particularly dedicated to unlocking all of the achievements. Seven hours doesn't seem reasonable to me for a price tag like this. - There isn't just a straightforward answer to this subject, despite what many reviews might have you believe.


The game's aesthetics are arguably one of its best features. The graphics are stylized with a realistic flavor, and with the addition of flora, the settings come to life; the palettes are rich, and no two images are the same.
The developer's insatiable imagination shines through the game's myriad collectibles - which range from posters to portable game systems - and interesting cartoonish deserts and ancient castles rendered in pixel art.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/sharky055/screenshot/2042996641223168149/

The game's music and sound effects are satisfactory, and the game also features wonderful voiceovers, so there's not much to complain about there. The use of accents by several members of the cast is a nice touch that adds to the overall immersion.


My inner child wants to adore Viewfinder, but I simply can't look past its flaws. The game's core mechanism is truly groundbreaking, and it features amazing environments, but it suffers from far too many flaws to be considered a definitive gaming experience.

Final Rating: Great
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《Viewfinder》（取景器）是一款核心机制十分特别的第一人称解谜游戏。


我一开始结识本作，是多年前，在Twitter上看到本作的技术Demo。Demo中，第一人称的主角手持几张照片，照片中包含了一些建筑结构的图像，接下来，神奇的一幕发生了：主角将一张照片放在眼前，转瞬之间，照片中的3D结构就直接“融合”在了照片外的场景之中，主角甚至可以在其中走动。而如果在此之前，主角先旋转了照片，再将照片放到眼前，那么照片中的场景就也会旋转之后，在再融合到外面的场景中。这种让人可以“身临其境”照片中场景的机制，给当时的我带来了相当的震撼，没想到多年之后，真的做成了这么一款游戏，所以我自然是要尝试的。

本作的核心机制就是上面所说的这样：玩家可以通过将一张2D的照片放在眼前，来将其拍摄的3D结构融合到照片之外的场景当中。至于是怎么“融合”，也是有逻辑的，不过要想理解，需要对人的视觉图像形成有一点基础的认识，如果你已经有了认识，那可以跳过下一段。

人看到物体，是因为从物体上反射的光进入了人的眼睛。光是沿直线传播的，于是在几何模拟时，为了方便，我们反过来，假设从人的眼睛当中某个点，可以发射出无穷多条直射线，称为“视线”，而视线接触到的点，就是人能看到的点，这等价于从这个点上反射出的光，沿直线传入了人的眼睛。人不能一次性360度观察周围，是因为在人眼感光的部分周围就有一圈遮挡物（眼皮以及头颅内部其它结构），而只有眼睛朝外的这个方向是不被遮挡的，所以在模拟时，也要注意到这种限制，这个不被遮挡的区间称为“视口”。

照相的原理也是一样，不过最后成像是方形的，也就意味着视口也是方形的。将观察者（摄像头）看作一个观察点加上一个方形的视口，那么在不考虑遮挡的情况下，理论上能观察到的区域就是，从观察点向视口内的每一个点都作一条射线，再由这些射线组合而成的，离观察点越远，截面越大的“方锥”形区域。我们第一人称看到的2D图像，以及照片中的图像，就是所看到的区域中，离观察点最近的那些点在视口上的2D投影。再解释“投影”是什么就太长了，就这样吧。

于是，本作所做的是，每张“照片”中所包含的信息，并不再仅仅是那个2D的投影，而是在计算这个投影之前的，那一整个完整的方锥形可观察区域。“拍照”时，通过观察点和视口计算可观察区域（不计算遮挡），然后将整个区域内的场景信息“复制”并存储下来，而当玩家将这张拍出来的照片放在眼前时，实际上是将视口和观察点的相对位置调整到和这张照片被拍摄时一致，然后再计算可观察区域。前后的两个可观察区域形状显然是一样的，那么，将拍照时截取下来的区域内的所有场景信息，替换到当前的可观察区域的位置上，就大功告成，完成了“融合”。

这么看下来，这其实是个挺简单粗暴的想法，即使具体实现方式应该不会这么简单粗暴，要不然计算效率应该很低。游戏名叫“取景器”，于是这个核心机制就是字面意义上把“景”给“取”了下来，还可以“粘贴”到别的地方。不得不说，这种表现形式确实震撼，整块整块的三维场景“复制”和“粘贴”玩法也是在第一人称解谜中前所未见的。


在整个游戏的前半段，本作逐步对核心机制进行了扩展。一开始，玩家只能靠拾取场景中已有的照片来进行“粘贴”，在下面把这一操作称为“还原”；之后，玩家可以使用场景中存在的固定位置和视角的相机，自己拍摄之后用于还原的照片；最后，在本作的第三章，玩家终于获得了一台手持相机，可以在任何位置、任意方向拍摄照片。游戏确保了引入机制时循序渐进，因此即使玩家不是很理解本作的核心机制，也会在游戏过程中慢慢熟悉。不过当然，本作引入机制的速度对于有经验的解谜玩家而言可能就有点慢了。

除了对核心机制的直接扩展，还有间接扩展，就是通过设计其它的辅助机制和要素，来进一步探索核心机制在新场景下的运用。本作的第四、五章主要探索的就是这个方向，具体我就不剧透了。

接下来，本作用谜题设计探索了机制中存在的可能性。我们现在已经知道，本作核心机制的本质就是空间信息的复制和粘贴，而空间中的信息除了场景、地形，自然也包含其它的物体，比如本作中经常需要用来打开出口的“电池”。如果物体被完整地包含在被复制的空间当中，那么还原出来的物体，也具有完整的功能。所以，本作的机制不仅包含“空间拼贴”方向的可能性，还包括“状态保存和复制”的可能性。

在本作的谜题设计中，我感觉这两种方向的可能性本作都有探索，但探索得都比较浅。我觉得核心问题还是在于，本作的“空间拼贴”机制，扩展性其实并没有想象中那么强。由于剪切下来的空间形状对于人来说还是难以精确理解，加上拍摄角度和还原时的角度都具有很高自由度，所以天然就很难用这一机制设计出那种逻辑和空间上严丝合缝的谜题，事实上，本作某些谜题确实比较容易被用各种奇怪的“邪道”绕过。你当然可以说这是设计师“鼓励多解”，但其实我更倾向于认为设计师并没有办法进行过多限制。本作谜题的逻辑性很大程度上还是来自于“状态保存和复制”这一机制，但这本身并不是本作独创的，而我在本作中，并没有看到多少它本身具有深度的运用，以及它和本作真正独创的“空间拼贴”的，具有深度的结合。我不禁思考，如果保留“状态保存和复制”的思想，但使用本作使用的“空间拼贴”之外的其它表现形式，能不能更好地探索机制的深度，设计出思路相同，但更加严密、体验更优秀的谜题。

除了这些之外，本作还有一些关卡中用到了视错觉（类似《Superliminal》）等要素，和核心机制没有什么联系，特别是最后一章的“传送门”机制，我不太清楚为什么要设计这种和核心机制没啥关系的谜题，但好在这些谜题也不算多。本作最后需要在时限内解谜的桥段也让我觉得设计得不是很好，主要是突然莫名其妙地就能把照片带入下个关卡，配合我本来就不喜欢的限时，给这个游戏画上了不算完美的句号。


总的来说，我还是挺喜欢这个作品的，核心机制这种表现形式确实具有创意，从技术的角度来看也十分让人印象深刻。不过本作在游戏设计方面确实有欠缺，内容量属实不大，价格也偏高，在谜题设计上，感觉想要达到的目的更像《Superliminal》那种“脑洞展览馆”的效果，而不是一个严谨的解谜游戏，这些都是不可争辩的事实。

本作的剧情我也觉得可有可无，除了玩家所在的世界是一个可以随意修改的“模拟世界”这个事实可能和玩法有点关系之外，基本没有什么联系可言。

不过，如果就是想要感受本作这种独特的表现效果，而且能够接受更休闲的，带一些解谜要素的线性冒险的话，可以尝试一下这款游戏。

结论：满足上述条件的情况下推荐，不过即使这样，也不建议全价购买。

超級屌爆幹炫泡機制的第一人稱解謎。
基本上就是一直在玩弄三維世界在二維投影所產生的視覺錯覺，常常玩一玩不經讚嘆遊戲機制之巧妙，到底怎麼搞出這種鬼東西，只要看過影片或是玩過 DEMO 就能秒理解我在講啥。
玩過 DEMO 版之後我本來是有點懷疑正式版的謎題難度要怎麼堆疊上去，因為相片機制本身太自由、太無敵了，很難做得更有深度。
結果而言，正式版有引進一些新機制與約束，然後有一些超級炫泡的遊戲體驗還是讓我目瞪口呆，但謎題深度確實也就差不多停在這裡了，並沒有甚麼真的燒腦的關卡設計。
不過機制本身是真的很炫泡，西瓜那關的謎題也有讓人感覺的到謎題潛力，稍微可惜就是僅淺嚐而不深掘。

It really hurts me to give this game a negative review because the mechanics in this game are as brilliant as the trailer lets on, maybe a little more so. They're the best mechanics I've ever seen in a puzzle game. But as other reviews have stated, the game is barely 3 hours long and quite lacking in challenge. This is hardly my first puzzle game but I'm not some fanatic and the longest I've been stumped on a puzzle is about 4 minutes.

There's some serious room to improve here! The game already has more than enough unique mechanics, my biggest issue is that they're never explored to their fullest. One of the mechanics was introduced, used for 3, maybe 4 levels, and then it was never seen again. I'm sure there are many ways these mechanics could be used together in unique combinations for many, many more puzzles but the game just never does that. The final world doesn't have a single optional challenge.

It would not surprise me if the levels are very time consuming to create (levels in general take ages, and this game is no exception). Perhaps the team wanted to create more levels and simply didn't have the resources for it. If that's the case and this game finds success, I sincerely hope to see more free levels in the future to make the game something I can say is worth the price. Developers, you've got something really special here, this game doesn't just need more levels, it deserves more for how brilliant it is.

Très bon jeu, mais le potentiel reste inexploité :(

Points positifs:
-jeu très joli
-très chill & calme (sauf au début du jeu à cause de dialogues ennuyants)
-puzzles satisfaisants et la mécanique du jeu est vraiment ce qui en fait son charme et son côté unique.
-musique qui va avec l'ambiance.
-une histoire qui accompagne le jeu. Simple, mais fait un bon travail.

Points négatifs:
-jeu trop court pour son prix
-pas vraiment de difficulté croissante (les mécaniques introduites ne sont jamais mélangées et réutilisées plus tard, on se contente d'avoir une nouvelle mécanique à la fois, stagnant la difficulté du jeu sur la longueur)
-le jeu qui veut absolument que tu lises des conseils dans le menu pause sur le dernier niveau quand tu reset. Laisse. Moi. Réfléchir. Seule.

En conclusion je recommande le jeu, mais à prendre en soldes. Il s'agit d'une petite gemme mais qui ne mérite pas entièrement son prix à mon humble avis. Je trouve dommage le prix, la très courte durée de vie du jeu, et l'absence de difficulté. Pour moi, le potentiel du jeu n'a pas été complètement exploité et c'est bien dommage. Mais ça reste un jeu à absolument découvrir!

Very short and easy. I don't know if I'd recommend it at $25 unless you're fine with spending $25 on a 3-hour long game. The Witness is my absolute favorite puzzle game of all-time, costs $10 when it's on sale, and is like 10x the length of this game and a whole lot more difficult.

It's a neat puzzle mechanic, but they don't really do much with it. Hopefully this gets some post-launch support or something, because the few optional stages in the game showed a level of difficulty that the main game never seems to have the courage to branch off of.

Also, I'm not sure why so many of these puzzle games try to include some sort of story. I feel like it should be possible to come up with a neat puzzle mechanic and not have to try and include tape recorders all over the place that try to tell an uninteresting narrative. That was the worst aspect of The Witness, but at least it was a lot more optional in that game than it is in Viewfinder.

6/10
建议入手价格40
流程很短，4小时不包括全收集，一边摸鱼一边通关的，认证打还会更短
算是脑洞解谜，本身不难，有的关卡有一些暴力解法
剧情没注意，只知道我好像砸了什么东西，叙事云里雾里，过于碎片化

Good game.

However, I don't quite enjoy solving puzzles with a countdown, not to mention that I need to solve same puzzles repeatedly if I fail. Another problem is that the story of text and dialogues don't feel like part of the game.

Good game? Yes. 25€ game? No.
Feels more like a proof of concept. It's simply too short. The concept is great but that's where it ends. The puzzles are simple and never go beyond introducing you to some mechanic.

I came in expecting an abstract puzzle game akin to Antichamber or Manifold Garden (both of which I love). Instead I was truly surprised to stumble upon something entirely unique. I am genuinely unsure if I have played anything quite so genre-breaking as Viewfinder. Puzzles are inherently an expression of logic but Sad Owl Studios has managed to make one in the expression of creativity.

I rarely found there to be a "correct" answer in solving these puzzles. In fact, I first wondered if the solution I came up was what I was supposed to do. I've only now realized that it wasn't a question of what I was supposed to do but something I wanted to do. Whereas puzzles are about establishing boundaries and understanding how to operate within them. Viewfinder instead provides paint & a blank canvas.

We're both told to paint a landscape. You choose the ocean & I the mountains. Neither is wrong, none better or worse than the other. Each painting a perfect representation of our individualism.

I never imagined a puzzle game in which all of us are presented the same problem resulting in a variety of solutions all of which are "correct." And each particular method, the product of a singular mind, resulting in a finished puzzle? I can think of little as wondrous a sentiment of human creativity than that.

There is more for me to play but Viewfinder has caught my attention already.

Every now and then, an indie game emerges that leaves you speechless. Viewfinder, a puzzle platformer from Sad Owl Studios, is that game for me this summer. This charming game includes puzzles unlike anything I've ever seen before, playing with perspective in extremely baffling and mind-boggling ways, all while remaining simple and incredibly easy to understand. It's a difficult balance to achieve, but now that Viewfinder is available, I can promise you that it mostly works out.



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The plan is to enter a weird simulation built by a group of geniuses in search of answers and technology that can aid in the salvation of the real world. Granted, the plot isn't really interesting or vital to the Viewfinder experience, and to be honest, it's only servicable. There are audio files, post-it notes, and other environmental aspects, for example, that play back portions of the story and paint a picture of who these "geniuses" were and what transpired to cause them to grow apart. But the plot never gets in the way or makes you stop and think about what's going on. No, you come to Viewfinder for the gameplay experience.

Your adventure through the artificial world will be aided by a companion who communicates with you via phone booths. You'll also encounter a cat-shaped AI that will accompany you around the world, and yes, you may pet it. Despite the importance of the subject matter, all three narrative levels, whether from the outside, the inside, or the past, have shockingly little to say. This is a squandered chance that feels fabricated. The creators sought to include pop culture allusions, discuss a contemporary problem, and highlight human connections. In the end, none of this was successful. If the developers had focused on just one area, they could have developed the story far more coherently.

The miraculous Polaroid camera, which you'll discover early in the game, is your most significant tool. There are always images, drawings, and even video game graphics concealed among the stages. Most puzzles require you to use the images to solve them. Sometimes, however, they are simply amusing gags that will make you laugh. In one location, for example, you'll discover a picture of Super Mario World that you can explore. Are you often envious when friends send you letters from their trip because you wish you could be there as well? You can just dash into vacation here! There are numerous small gags throughout the game's early stages. Later on, the frequency drops, which is unfortunate because this is when you might have truly let loose artistically and possibly even incorporated mini-games.

Viewfinder occasionally intersperses cut-up panels, in front of which you must stand at the correct angle to piece the scene together. Alternatively, you can access the next part by flipping three switches. You'll find a couple levels later in the game where you'll have to sprint through filter portals to remove obstructions and make bridges appear. However, this simply serves to lighten things up because most of the time you'll be clicking images and repositioning them to get to the exit. For the most part, you'll have to flip switches or carry batteries around to duplicate level portals. You do this on the fly with a portable camera and stationary picture stations that provide perspective. In general, Viewfinder increases difficulty by taking things away from you rather than offering new features as the game goes. For example, you can no longer photograph blue structures and objects, drastically limiting your approaches to the goal and frequently resulting in only one answer.

Overall you'll be busy for five to six hours if you listen to every audio sample and play every extra task. You'll go through considerably faster if you ignore the talk. The missions are organized into four hub planets that you can visit between levels. They are themed to correspond with the appropriate world builder. In the artist's realm, you'll go through a luxury mansion looking for artist's supplies such as brushes and easels. The gardener's part is all about nature, whereas the engineer's center level is all about machines. The levels are designed differently by each creator, however the hub worlds are just plastered with assets in many areas. The sad part though: you have almost no interaction with any of them. Only collectibles and a few items that are always required to solve a puzzle can be obtained.

The game was flawlessly programmed throughout the game. While hardly groundbreaking, the graphics are functional and attractive in many places. Viewfinder is a fantastic indie game, although the plot is a little disjointed. The core puzzle notion is clever and does not tire over the brief gameplay. However, solution approaches are sometimes repeated, which takes some of the joy out of the challenge, and there have been occasional problems that have rendered a puzzle impossible unless I exit and re-enter the level. In the lead-up, the game was frequently compared to Portal, and the gameplay is somewhat similar to Valve's puzzle hit. I personally hope that Viewfinder will follow in the footsteps of Portal and follow up a brief but enjoyable first installment with a truly fantastic sequel that has the potential to alter the field of puzzle games.





Gameplay and the delight of discovery clearly take precedence, the first-person puzzle game continues to reinvent itself, astounding with fresh views, concepts, and styles. Although there is a general lack of challenge, completing each puzzle is satisfying because the next puzzle delight with a new concept is already waiting for me around the next corner and sometimes actually flips what I have experienced thus far. In the end, Viewfinder could have done a few things better: a few more stylistic gimmicks, a little more challenge, and a l̶̶o̶̶t̶ little more depth to the plot. Don't be deceived by the successful but still generic visuals: Viewfinder is a one-of-a-kind gaming experience, and despite its flaws: it was great!

Brilliant Game!
sometime it makes me feel i am the smartest person in the world.
i spent around 5.5 hrs to finish the game, its not long but it very memorable to me. very unique gameplay.
to me it really worth more than the original price tag

Fresh and innovative, but quickly becomes familiar,
Interesting and beautiful, but ends before long.
It would be great if a workshop were to open.


신선하고 참신하지만 금세 익숙해지고,
흥미롭고 아름답지만 금방 끝나버린다.

Viewfinder is a very cool game that is just plain fun to play! Armed with only a camera, you are faced with a sequential set of spatial puzzles. You take photos and pick up pictures/documents that can then be used to manipulate the environment. Need to cross a gap? No problem! Take a picture of a column, turn it sideways, and use it as a bridge.

There is a backstory told through recordings and voice mails. Honestly, I was drawn to the puzzles and the narrative did not add to (or subtract from) my enjoyment of the game.

What I loved the most is that, despite many levels with the same goal (activating and using a teleporter to exit), it never got boring or repetitive. The mechanics and landscape change and there are a great many delightful moments along the way. Pick up a postcard or a bar code, apply it to the environment, and step inside to see what you can find. There are collectibles to locate and some funny moments as you earn certain achievements.

The 'rewind' feature, which allows you to undo one or more action, is a great tool. It lets you experiment, without penalty, until you find a workable solution to your current situation. The game does a good job of adding new mechanics and helping you build your expertise but the best learning comes from the mistakes you make.

Progress is auto-saved on exit and you can leave or reset a level without losing achievements or collectibles. If you exit a level without finishing it, you'll be returned to the original environment and any modifications you had made in the landscape or pictures you've taken will need to be repeated. Levels are fairly short so this was never a burden.

Completionists will appreciate that there are no missable achievements. You can circle back to any completed level, at any time, and perform forgotten tasks or pick up overlooked items.

The final chapter has a timed sequence that might sound like a deal-breaker for some gamers. No worries! The developers provide an accessibility option to turn the timer off without penalty (thank you!). I take no shame in admitting it took me 28 minutes to finish the final area (instead of maybe 10 that the timer would have allowed). For me, the victory was in working out the solutions and completing the area.

If you enjoy creative problem solving in a very interesting environment, then I highly recommend Viewfinder. For me, my time playing was filled with 'Eureka!' moments when I solved something and big smiles when I encountered the unexpected.

This is a good game from a technical perspective, there's many different mechanics. But as a puzzle game, they never fully explore these mechanics, and learning all of them never pays off in the end.

这游戏不用说必定今年最具创意的解密游戏了，刚玩到错误代码那儿，就急匆匆得出来给它评论因为它惊艳到我了，这部游戏作品毋庸置疑的神作。犹豫买不买的玩家，我觉得真的可以入手，这是一款很棒的解密游戏

Imagine this: You spawn into a world and have a look around. There are beautiful things to see, notes to read, recordings to listen to, a kitty to pet, secrets to collect, and of course the puzzle to solve to go to the next level. What do you do first? Specifically, what do you do LAST? Of course you want to do everything before solving the puzzle so you spend time doing them and you're constantly prompted "Are you stuck? Do you need a hint?" like it's trying to force feed the solution to speed you away so the designers could tell their story (which is just a stock standard search for a macguffin to save the world from climate change). As far as I could tell, there's no way to turn off hint prompts.

Then you get to the actual puzzle, immediately spot the solution, and do the most obvious thing to solve it. Narrator: "Wow, you sure are clever! Nobody could have ever thought to do that!" Like this game is *very* hand-holdy. Look at this, do this, good girl, next puzzle.

I took my time with this game to the point where it was telling me I was taking too long on every puzzle (the last level is actually timed) yet still beat it with most of the achievements in under 12 hours. Probably closer to 8, as I left the game running in the background for a few hours while I ran errands and did other things.

The only puzzle I didn't immediately solve using the obvious solution was the one where you had to take a photo of film and a battery in the same shot to duplicate batteries and this is because the film wasn't duplicating. Coming back to this puzzle later it just worked, so the only difficulty spike came in the form of a bug.

This game is actually meant for kids.

It was neat for what it was I guess. Got to pet a kitty. Might ramp up the difficulty with DLC, level editors, and mods. Also the rewind feature is absolutely just a crutch to cover design flaws. At no point did it add to puzzle mechanics beyond allowing one to scout around to look at things. Maybe have a world where only *some* things are time-reversible?

草，快买，demo藏剧情了，时长还不知道值不值，我先玩着

Перспективный пазл, с интересного ракурса зашли

Puzzles good, narrator insufferable. If you can handle the unfunny voiceover, I recommend this.

아직 초반까지 밖에 안했지만 재밌다
그냥 좀 신기한 퍼즐게임인줄 알았는데 세계관이 흥미로움

---------------------------엔딩 보고옴-----------------

일단 챌린지맵 포함 퍼즐 난이도는 많이 쉬운편

스토리는 그리 거창한이야기는 아니지만 적당히 짧은 드라마를 보는 느낌이라 좋았음

그런데 한국어만의 버그인지 자막에 종종 이름이 잘못 출력되는 경우가 있어서 혼란스러웠다

Perhaps a touch easy, but it suits the game because it has a chill atmosphere. The visuals are nice; it has this sort of Technicolor Hanging Gardens of Babylon feel. The photo/camera mechanic is neat and the game does a few cool things with perspective (like superluminal) that made me do a double take. There are a few puzzle sub-types (e.g. teleport yourself / walls that cannot be photographed) so it’s not just one type of puzzle over and over. Felt like the perfect length and wasn’t bogged down in any sub-puzzle group. The optional puzzles tended to be a bit harder, so they are worth doing. Biggest negative is that the story starts off pretty crappy and only in the latter parts does it get close to what it should have been all along. Highly recommended.

I really wanted to enjoy this game going into it. The systems and mechanics for the puzzles are excellent and offer a lot of promise. But it feels the game itself barely scratches the surface of that potential. So much of the gameplay involves little more than building bridges to reach areas, or navigating around obstructions, while the potential the systems offer allows for so much more. Each of the game's unique systems rarely, if ever, interact with each other, and it's always very telegraphed to the player when they're to be employed. I would have loved it if the developers had simply allowed themselves to explore the potential of what they'd created more, but instead what we're left with feels so very small and surface-level.

Me siento culpable de no estar al tanto de su desarrollo, es más, no conocía de su existencia, por lo que descubrirlo a través del Steam Fest fue toda una sorpresa. Desde aquel momento me dejo simplemente enamorado ♥♥♥ su propuesta. La elegancia de su presentación y el uso de la fotografía para alterar la realidad eran estupendo. Sin embargo, Sad Owl Studio no ha reinventado nada nuevo. Son conceptos que se han visto multitud de veces en el género, tan solo basta echar la mirada atrás ♥♥♥ Echocrome, Superliminal, Maquette o Gorogoa. Sin embargo, este nuevo juego de puzles llega en el momento adecuado. En una etapa en que la industria se encuentra comprimida por lo tradicional y ♥♥♥ Remasters, tras Remasters o Remakes. Hacen falta ideas ambiciosas e inusuales que se atrevan a  ir contra la corriente, y eso… es justamente lo que encontré ♥♥♥ este juego de composiciones.

Descubrirlo a tan solo un mes de su lanzamiento habla mucho de lo sobre-saturada que esta la industria ♥♥♥ juegos casuales, pero también fue todo un acierto personal. Al fin y al cabo, la espera no fue demasiado larga. Quienes son veteranos en mi blog saben que amo los juegos de este género en todos sus formatos, siendo The Witness uno de los pináculos. Menciono justamente esto porque mi experiencia ♥♥♥ Viewfinder fue similar, pero en capsulas reducidas. Tiene un control muy bien medido ♥♥♥ sus tiempos para tomarnos por sorpresa ♥♥♥ cada una de sus peculiares secuencias lógicas, y como no, esa pintoresca escenografía tan pura y vibrante.  

Cómo juego, Viewfinder se presenta ♥♥♥ una perspectiva en primera persona y como una aventura de puzles en la que tendremos que superar una serie de secuencias lógicas para hallar la salida o mejor dicho activar la terminal más cercana. El truco está en la forma de hacerlo, y es que como juego de puzles está siempre buscando la forma de innovar arrojando nuevas leyes. Al comienzo tan solo podremos jugar ♥♥♥ fotografías que decoran los escenarios plasmarlas sobre el escenario y ver cómo estas alteran la realidad para saltar por sí mismas. Cortar caminos, crear otros nuevos, puentes, plataformas o teletransportarnos al más puro estilo portal, y mucho más. Eso en tan solo sus primeros 15 minutos. La auténtica magia reside ♥♥♥ su cámara. Cada una de las instantáneas que tomemos se trasladan al escenario para alterarlo y crear caminos nuevos, algo que recordara a Superliminal o al genial Gorogoa ♥♥♥ su manejo de perspectivas, y es que muchas veces la solución tampoco será tomar fotografías sino simplemente pararnos en el lugar adecuado.

A medida que avanzamos en el juego notaremos como este concepto abraza otras ideas para crear situaciones mucho más desafiantes al introducir filtros de color, cambios de perspectiva. No tardo en usar el toque recursivo de Maquette a través de impresoras o los sonidos al estilo The Witness para activar interruptores. Si por alguna razón nos quedamos sin rollo para tomar fotografías o rompimos el escenario por experimentar demasiado, no hay que alarmarse, pues tenemos la posibilidad de rebobinar, y ♥♥♥ ello, regresar en el tiempo al momento previo al desastre. Sin lugar a dudas, Viewfinder tiene todo milimétrica mente calculado, y sin ser un auténtico desafío nos mantendrá enamorado ♥♥♥ su propuesta durante sus más de 6 horas de duración. La que podría extenderse si deseamos completarlo al 100% para desbloquear todos los logros, y superar sus desafíos extra ♥♥♥ lo que ganar filtros adicionales.

Hace tiempo que un juego no me sacaba una sonrisa al superar uno de sus desafíos, y Viewfinder hizo esto de manera consecutiva ♥♥♥ cada una de sus retos. A medida que avanzaba sobre su mundo encontraba más razones ♥♥♥ las que sorprenderme, y por ello, no puedo estar más que agradecido. El manejo de sus composiciones para romper las barreras de la realidad y crear nuevos mundos de papel es majestuoso, cuanto poco. ♥♥♥ cada panel se presentaba un reto diferente, que matizaba combinaciones únicas, y resolver cada uno de ellos implicaba sentir ese torrente de sensaciones. Esas pequeñas victorias personales. Tal vez no re-inventa nada nuevo, pero es un juego que tiene mucha personalidad, y deja claro que la industria aún tiene mucho de dónde tirar.  Una de las grandes revelaciones del año, y ¿Por qué no? Del género mismo.


*Artísticamente luce muy bien.
*Un soplo de aire fresco.
*La ambición de arrojar nuevos conceptos en sus composicones y escenarios.
*Puzles simplemente alucinantes.


*Aunque algunos nos dejan ♥♥♥ ganas de más.
*Duración algo ajustada.

Para leer el análisis completo dirigirse al siguiente enlace:

PC Indie Master Race [pcindiemrace.com]

可以摸貓

o jogo é perfeito, mas tenho cinetose e fiquei tonto :/

谢谢你，CAIT，谢谢你陪我走过这段旅途，我会想念这个奇妙的世界，还有你

4時間ほどでクリア。
3Dゲームならではの不思議で興味深い仕掛けが終始続いていて、面白かった。
「これ、どう実装しているんだろう？」と疑問が出てしまう、そういった知的好奇心をくすぐられる写真ギミックが幾つもある。

難易度は若干低く、ボリュームは少なく感じた。
１つのゲーム体験を味わうために購入するのが向いているかも。

ストーリーはお世辞にも面白いとは言えない。
世界観が雰囲気だけで造られているゲームでよくある、伏線っぽいものを散りばめ、煙に巻き、最後はなんだか終わった感じになるやつだ。

ただ、他のゲームでは得られないゲーム体験は間違いなくこのゲームにある。
少なくとも、PVやスクリーンショットを見て惹かれた人を失望させることはないだろう。

I was in love with this game after only seeing a brief demo. I found the core gameplay mechanic to be very fresh and novel. Despite some occasional frustration I thoroughly enjoyed it... right up until the last level which has totally ruined my view of the game. This won't apply to everyone, but the best thing about this game to me was that it let you figure out the one of many different solutions to the same puzzle you wanted to use AT YOUR OWN PACE! Then they had to go and stick a timer at the end which saps away any enjoyment and only injects anxiety into what used to be a captivating yet relatively relaxed experience. I'm someone for whom a bad ending will often shatter my view of a piece of media and thanks to a 5 min timer to solve 9 spacial puzzles I'm no longer a fan of this game. I understand restricting the number of photos and even having the player need to feel out the exact boundaries and rules, these elements feel natural. The timer at the very end for the sake of trying to build some suspense and raise the stakes doesn't fit with the theme of this game in my opinion. I might not be so upset if it weren't for the fact that the rewind feature doesn't even turn back the timer. It seems counter-intuitive to the game mechanics and if they amended this but shrank the time allowed I would understand it more as it would then be about finding an effective path through trial and error in the same level attempt instead of having to exit the level and reenter a dozen times to reset the timer and try again. I personally feel that for the style of game they were aiming for, the creators tripped at the finish line with the last level and ruined it. I'm going to keep trying out of stubbornness but I'm no longer enjoying the game and might not bother finishing it if it takes me much longer.

Portal and The Talos Principle had a baby.

This baby focuses on bragging about the unique non-euclidean mechanics you see from the trailers instead of telling a story.

But it's okay, you can pet the trippy cat.

Oyunu beğendim. Oynaması gerçekten zevkiydi. Bulmacaların zorluğu ne çok kolaydı ne de çok zordu (Oyun yeni bir mekanikle tanıştırınca ilk bulmacaları kolay oluyor sonra zorlaşıyor. Demo'dakinden çok daha fazla şey var içinde sadece "fotoğraf çek ekrana koy"dan ibaret değil oyun.

Oynayacaklara önden iki tane bilgilendirme yapmak isterim:

1) Oyunda Fps'i 60'a sabitlemek isterseniz oyun içinden yapın çünkü bende "Nvidia denetim masası"ndan sabitleyince oyunda (hareket ederken kamerayı çevirince oluyor bu olay) ciddi takılmalar oluyor. Bunu çözmek için ayarlardan, ekranı "Exclusive Fullscreen" yapıp yenileme hızını 60Hz'e alınca sorun çözülüyor (En azından bende çözüldü)

2) Son bölümde 8. Bulmacadan 9. Bulmacaya geçerken 2 kere bug'da kaldım. Oyun beni merdivene ışınlıyordu. Ben bir şekilde çıktım ama siz zıplayarak da çözebilirsiniz diye düşünüyorum.

Viewfinder - один из лучших представителей нестандартных головоломок. В игре лежит довольно простая идея изменения реальности за счет некоторого изображения, но выполнено все это довольно добротно и очень залипательно. Помимо прохождения сюжета я очень часто экспериментировал с игровой реальностью, потому что это весело. Однозначно рекомендую.

Если хотите еще нестандартного игрового опыта, то посоветую Вам игру Superliminal.
Чуть менее нестандартные, но не менее интересные игры есть у серии The room и The House of Da Vinci.
Если хотите кооперативных приключений головоломок, то посоветую Escape simulator и escape academy.

Всем добра.

I think the mechanics of this game are interesting, but wasn't enough to make me want to push through what I found be a very grating narrative. Every bit of dialogue is either self congratulatory ("Look what an amazing world we created!") or congratulatory to the player to the point of condescension ("What a brilliant solution you came up with for this expertly crafted puzzle!") I just started trying to ignore the dialogue altogether, but, still, it really soured me on the game. If it was just the puzzles without the narrative context, I honestly would have been more likely to complete it.

So far only half an hour in, but up till now I've had a ton of moments where I've said: wow, that's incredible. The game is a work of art, the puzzles are cool, the environments beautiful and the gameplay smooth. The only thing that irks me is Jessie's voiceover, but I guess that's personal preference.

Edit: after played it for 2,5 hours now I can truly say this game is incredible. It's a must buy. Every once in a while a game comes along that changes how you think about games. An example from recent times is Portal. Viewfinder is another one of those games. Apart from the gameplay loop I can also positively say that the story is profound, and I felt touched by it. I mean, you can also pet the cat.

I can understand that people argue €22,50 is a lot for a game about 3ish hours long, but given all of the above I'd argue that that pricepoint is worth it, a 100%.

What are you waiting for, go play it.

没法形容的技术力和想象力，看到它的第一眼我就知道这就是我在portal系列和superliminal之后想要找的又一款震撼的解密游戏。

好玩，就是流程太短，价格过高

absolutely fantastic game, have not felt this kinda way about a game since I first played portal 1

A great, and mostly-original take on the "perspective"-based puzzle genre.

Pros:
* Keeps the game fresh by using new mechanisms and old, in each successive world.
* Chill-out music, except for the last (timed) challenge.
* Fun NPC kitty
* Each world has its own flavor - art, gamer/engineer, etc.
* Optional collectibles are different in each world, which also keeps it fresh.

♥♥♥♥:
* Game does a poor job of remembering where you were when you quit. It remembers levels you've solved, just not where you were standing in a hub - which can be confusing.

Meh:
* The game kinda telegraphed the ending - well, that or I've played too many games. :P
* Some puzzles are timed, but for the most part you can entirely mitigate that by being clever.
* The final, timed puzzle is... a pain. Expect to fail it several times before you learn all the tricks to bypass its challenges.

TL;DR: If you like puzzles, 8/10; else, skip.

Даже писать ничего не хочу, просто шедевральная игра. Ломает мозг, но делает это нежно. Разрабы гении!
Геймплей -

Le meilleur jeu d'énigmes de 2023 !

Yes, this game will mind **** you.

Yes, this game will make you cry and give you an existential crisis.

Yes, this game has a pettable cat.

Yes, this game is fun.

No, there are no sewing tools in the biscuit tin.

Worth it. Enough of difficulty to make you stop and think but not difficult enough to make you yell into the void.

P.S - Yes, you should vote this game for the 2023 Steam Awards.

Viewfinder

Viewfinder

This game is a masterpiece, it's worth the money, and also you can pet the cat. The storyline is amazing, but I wasn't quite satisfied with the ending, It's just sad and i felt bad for cait.
#Juisticeforcait

For experienced puzzle gamers it may seem a bit easy. However, it is a beautifully designed game and I am finding enjoyment in it despite not being tremendously challenged.


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Хорошая головоломка удерживающая внимание.
Напомнило несколько разных проектов, но, хуже это ее не делает.
Приятные впечатления и удовольствие от игры были получены.
ИМХО - рекомендую.

祝你获得“杰出视觉风格奖”/“最具创意游戏玩法奖”

9.5/10

‘Puzzle game but with a narrative’ is a subgenre that has to deliver said narrative effectively and efficiently to avoid bogging its gameplay down or coming across as pretentious. In Viewfinder’s case, it doesn’t fail in these regards, but it feels like the story was injected for the sake of something to follow along with. Thankfully, the optional nature of Viewfinder’s story doesn’t get in the way of some excellent, brain-racking puzzle-solving that encourages low-risk experimentation.

Viewfinder’s main puzzle concepts are twofold: ‘Overlaying’ pictures into the world and playing with perspective. Puzzles are spaced out between sets of levels that introduce these concepts and new spins on them regularly. For example, you’ll find a picture of a walkway that you can overlay into the world to make it usable in crossing a gap, whereas a later level will require you to make copies of a picture to traverse multiple gaps. The game is elegant with introducing a new concept and letting you play around to understand it thanks to the rewind feature, so even if a puzzle is a real stumper, there’s no punishment for experimenting and/or failing.

The ‘modular’ format of these mechanics means they can be added or removed to levels, changing the tools at your disposal and what possible solutions there might be. In one instance, you’re taught that overlaying a picture into the world can shear away walls that create new corners to traverse, but shearing electronics or power lines renders them broken. You’re given a camera at one point to take your own pictures, but another level will severely limit how much film you get to play with. I encourage you to watch the trailer for a visual demonstration of some of these mechanics, as it’s hard to explain how delightfully jarring these effects can be by words alone.

Save for an instance near the end of the game and occasions where timing is necessary, Viewfinder has a peaceful pace for letting you solve things on your own time and take in the environments. Levels are compact but there are side paths here and there to look for collectibles, optional tasks and explore more of the narrative (despite how swiss-cheesed it is). Viewfinder is backed by a soundtrack that I’d call ‘lo-fi jazz’, sometimes leaning towards one genre or the other depending on the track. Combined with the visuals of a constructed ‘cyber-work space’ with impossible yet pleasing architecture laden with solid, full colors, I was surprised at how relaxed I was during my playtime, even if a puzzle was absolutely trouncing me.

Viewfinder’s only real stumbling point is its narrative. Without going into too many spoilers, it’s discovered that these landscapes your player character is placed inside of were created for the sake of a project. Between audio logs, notes and dialogue, it’s apparent that within the project and the people behind it, not all was well and is what leads to the game’s starting point. It’s all fine and good, however there’s so little information shared between such apparent gaps in time that I found it challenging to keep up - Or even really care to. Most of the lore being shared is just internal musings, resulting in disconnects between the story-telling and gameplay that it’s rare for one ever to recognize the other. The game’s overarching theme of trying to find answers when there may not be one is ultimately undercut by its own ending, complete with an illusion of choice that comes across as disingenuous.

I finished Viewfinder in about five and a half hours, including going after some optional collectibles/levels. Other than going for one hundred percent completion, trying to solve puzzles differently or going for better times, Viewfinder doesn’t have much by way of replay value, making the $32.50 (CAD) asking price steep. With how levels can be solved in open-ended or unintended ways sometimes, I would’ve liked to see a custom-level tool and sharing system as that’d certainly extend its shelf life. Still, for what’s on offer with this elegant, modular way of presenting puzzles and being a pleasant experience altogether, Viewfinder gets my recommendation.

Удивительно, никогда не видел настолько качественной и бесшовной реализации подобной механики. Всё 3D пространство ощущается как изменяемый холст! А ведь здесь даже тени падают на динамические объекты, несмотря на то, что реализовать освещение привычным способом здесь бы не получилось из-за механики переноса частей пространства вместе с освещением. Невероятный шедевр с технической точки зрения!

A fairly good meal of the cerebral variety, so long as you go in with the right expectations.

Viewfinder continues the proud tradition of reality-bending first-person puzzlers with its sequence of well-paced puzzles and the interesting story it tells in their midst. The central gimmick comes in fast and early, but the ways in which you use it continue being varied throughout the whole package. The cadence at which these new twists are added ends up in a "just one more level" kind of experience that's hard to put down, and leaves you wishing for more once its over.

But therein also lies a common gotcha with this genre: The experience is usually over fairly quickly, and replay value is very light. Viewfinder is no different in this regard, and you need to keep that in mind going in. No puzzle concept gets dragged out beyond one or two iterations, which imposes a hard limit on how long your playthrough can last. So long as you're fine with that limit, though? It's a really good puzzle game.

I don't recommend this game not because is a bad game overall, but because it never felt like a puzzle game.
The game mechanic looks awesome and i was hyped after playing the demo, but i was also afraid that it was all the game had to offer in terms of difficulty.
Most of the time the actual challenge was finding the teleport, and reaching it required no thinking.
Sadly it felt like a neverending tutorial to get comfy with the mechanics.
Being disappointed and knowing the game has an average playtime of 3hs, i asked for a refund having reached station 5 under 2hs.
Compared to Gorogoa, the latter also has a mechanic related to photos/paintings and its depth, but it makes you think a bit to find a solution. Viewfinder felt like playing in autopilot.

The core mechanic is really interesting and has loads of potential, but the actual puzzles are too easy and uninventive. Couple that with a story that tries way too hard to be profound, terribly written two dimensional characters (ironic, no?), and hair-raisingly cringe voice acting, and you get a game that is ultimately not worth it. Basically an impressive coding demo.

クリア・実績全解除済み
なかなか評価が難しいゲーム。

写真や絵を使った視覚パズルは不思議体験で楽しい。
難易度がほぼほぼ低いのでボリューム不足。

楽しかったし雰囲気はいいのでおすすめはするけどボリューム感には留意。

プレイ中以下の作品がなぜか脳裏に浮かんだ
Portal
The Stanley Parable
そして
映画のMATRIX

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It is very rare that I go to the effort of 100%ing a game, but this one was worth it. It is fantastically whimsical. If you enjoyed the Portal series, you'll enjoy this. New mechanics never outstay their welcome, puzzles continue to be interesting until the end, and the game is immensely charming throughout.

There are only two negatives:

1. I think the story felt a little rushed, though the gameplay itself was paced very well. I would have liked to explore the story's core themes a little more.
2. Some puzzles were a little too simple once you understood what you had to do; often times I would complete a puzzle with spare "resources" available to me, and allowed me to be a little clumsier or less precise.

The game has a target audience for difficulty, and has "optional" levels, which I really enjoyed, but those were probably optional due to being more difficult than the main storyline. I would love to have seen this expanded upon more. I often got tricked by them, and there were several "aha!" moments.

Mechanically, everything was very satisfying, and one of the most satisfying of them is a "rewind" mechanic, which all puzzle games could benefit from, -- because of this the game NEVER once felt remotely frustrating; all you would lose is a few seconds of work, which is unique in the genre.

Overall, as a final endorsement, if there was DLC or a sequel, I would immediately buy it, no questions asked.

I can't wait to watch this game being speedrun.

玩这个游戏之前我从来不觉得我会晕3D，游戏是相当不错的好游戏，但是俺的胃是真受不了T^T

Settings > Audio > Speech Volume = 0%

Thank me later.

кота жалко(

好玩 建议半价入手 太贵了

Я що гроші плачу щоб ридати сидіти потім? #JusticeForCAIT

A nice experience with good looking and clean graphics, a very chill mood, and an interesting concept. However, for a puzzle game, the riddles are very easy and not challenging at all. On top of that, the game takes only between 2 and 3 hours to complete. For these reasons, I think the asking price is too high for what is offered by the game.


It's not really a thumb down, nor a thumb up, but an in-between.

Amazing! The only negative is that the game is pretty short for the price and the most of the puzzles are pretty easy. Never the less the mechanics are really fun to explore. Would 100% recommend to get it on sale.

Viewfinder это именно тот самый случай, когда хочется оставить нейтральный отзыв. Я не ждал от игры головоломок уровня portal, а рассчитывал скорее на интересные одноразовые задачки как в superliminal. Однако по итогу игра получилась больше похожей на portal, но с абсурдно тривиальной реализацией, а интересных ситуаций как в superliminal очень мало, да и те постоянно повторялись.

Игра очень короткая, а большинство уровней проходятся меньше чем за минуту практически без каких либо усилий. Сделал фотку, чето там покрутил-повертел и нормально. При этом практически (или вообще) нет комплексных уровней, где пересекается много игровых механик и нужно составлять план решения или думать наперед. Почти все уровни это последовательность 2-3 действий. Сами механики интересные, но только первые несколько раз когда тебе дают с ними поиграться. На втором часу честно говоря уже не удивляет очередная оптическая иллюзия или то, как материализуется предмет с фотографии. К сожалению, на мой взгляд у разработчиков не получилось сделать интересные уровни или как-то сильно развить свои идеи. Были целые сегменты уровней, где одну и ту же механику преподносили несколько раз подряд с абсолютно незначительными изменениями, что в результате ощущалось скорее как решение одной и той же задачи несколько раз. Порой я вообще не понимал, в чем задумка некоторых уровней, потому что даже не замечал в них головоломки.

В игре также есть сюжет, который состоит из голосовых сообщений каких-то, наверное, очень важных людей, звонков нашей ирл коллеги и кота. После одной интересной сцены я подумал, что игра не та за кого себя выдает, и в какой-то момент герой бросит вызов корпорации, узнает какую-нибудь страшную правительственную тайну, но, увы, нет, это просто test chambers. Зачем в конце было делать спидран я тоже не совсем понял.

Наверное, когда прохождение уровней в игре жанра головоломка не приносит тебе удовольствия, а мыслительный процесс обесценивается, это не очень хороший звоночек. У меня даже была мысль о том, чтобы рефанднуть игру, но к сожалению я наиграл на 10 минут больше, чем позволено. Думаю, если бы я вернул за нее деньги, я бы не сильно много потерял, а так я поиграл еще в одну игру, которая нарушает законы физики и восприятия и хоть недолго, но действительно тебя удивляет.

Came for the puzzles, but ran for the hills after witnessing the writing and delivery of your radio contact, which happens to be the sole means of narration in the game in the part I played.

I hope the Forspoken school of character writing disappears soon; it's an absolute travesty to witness otherwise interesting games being ruined by such atrocious narration.

Idea: 10/10
Gameplay:6/10
music: 5/10
Voice acting: 1/10
story: 1/10

The idea of this game is amazing, its like a portal 3.
But the story and the voice acting were literally putting me to sleep. I muted the game about half way through and then beat it and tbh, I didn't like this game THAT much, The idea is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool, but the lack of a decent story made me feel disconnected from it, $25 seemed like a lot, the game really wasnt that long, I did all the bonus challenged and the regular game in 4.2 hours....Theres a bunch of collectibles scattered throughout the game but I would hardly call that gameplay.

TL;DR Neat idea, bad execution.

bruh...plus there's a cat

推荐是打给他的创意的，以相片的方式改变地形这种玩法倒是让我眼前一新。
美术做的挺好，游戏本身上不错，配音代入也不错。

但是流程太短，难度也偏低，故事太过于潦草甚至没能在我脑中留下一丝的深刻印象。
真要说的话，这款游戏它不值90，打折后的70也不值，它就像是一款半成品，自己心满意足止步于此了。
如果能做个DLC什么完善一下就好了。

创意很惊艳，有种当年玩传送门的感觉，还可以进步，流程太短难度也不高，不过瑕不掩瑜。如果加入创意工坊那就是真的神作了

Unfortunately I cannot recommend this game primarily on the fact that the puzzles are very simple.

If you want to explore a space with some fun and interesting mechanics, then you may enjoy the game. However if you want a challenging puzzle game that asks you to think abstractly, this will not deliver. Most of the puzzles are essentially find the object and the finale asks you to do this under a time limit.

The idea and the tech behind it are awesome. I want to recommend the game. However with weak puzzles, a narrative that is okay at best, and a $25 price tag I cannot recommend it.

Viewfinder caught my eye within five seconds of its reveal trailer, depicting a player who superimposed a 2D photo onto a 3D environment to create new spaces for the user to platform within. This debut title from Sad Owl Studios is one of those rare ‘elevator-pitch’ proposals that would capture the interest of almost any fan of the puzzle genre, or simply novel video games in general. Thankfully, the developers executed this concept with such confidence and creativity that I really hope Viewfinder release is just the start of how this formula is used, as the game offers up some of the most creative and enjoyable puzzles I’ve ever had the pleasure of solving.

Let’s get my biggest gripe out of the way first; Viewfinder’s world-building and characters are forgettable at best, and cringe at worst. You play as a nameless entity traversing a series of virtual reality environments with the goal of obtaining information crucial for the survival of humanity. It’s an interesting idea on paper, but there isn’t enough substance behind these narrative-critical moments to draw you into its world. Much of the exposition is delivered via a series of audio logs and documents that are not engaging or memorable to sit through. It’s unfortunate that the biggest marketing this game received was via an early line of dialogue written and delivered by what must be a Marvel Studios employee. Frankly, I don’t blame people for responding negatively as it’s completely out of place with most of the game’s writing, and what’s there isn’t anything to write home about. You don’t gain much by paying attention to Viewfinder’s world, and so you won’t lose much at all if you turned its dialogue off.

Viewfinder is split into five hub areas within which you can access a series of increasingly challenging puzzles centered around exploiting its perceptual-based mechanics, with the goal of reaching a teleporter remaining the same on every occasion. The game has a very smart and gradual difficulty curve, where you’ll initially be provided with photos to place, before then being introduced to stationary cameras which require you to create the photos which have to be appropriately placed to move forward. Area 3 is where the game really kicks into gear, equipping you with a camera allowing you to create pictures to place down and manipulate the environment as you see fit. Ultimately, you’re limited not by your creativity with photo shots and placements, but rather by the number of photos you can take per level. This resulted in a series of really interesting scenarios, from creating bridges to duplicating batteries, alongside setting the environment up to be traversed as quickly as possible to overcome the pressure of time. Regardless of how you end up solving the puzzle, the level you’ll leave behind will look incredibly fragmented yet oddly fascinating, where singular screenshots taken and presented to unsuspecting art critics would likely produce some degree of positive response. These mechanics wouldn’t be nearly as impressive if the visual worlds created by your manipulation didn’t look so colourful and detailed, and the relaxing soundtrack to these environments consistently fits the visuals you’ll see perfectly.

The levels that really require you to sit back and think are insanely rewarding to figure out, and my mind was frequently blown by just how flexible these puzzle mechanics consistently remained. This is especially evident in the very final challenge which could easily be solved in multiple different yet equally valid ways. It should be noted that some levels are admittedly super short, as their goal is to highlight specific interactions which will become relevant for later puzzles. However, the length of many of these spaces can be extended by searching for hidden photos and easter eggs; these are largely fun because of how different they look compared to the main game’s art style. There are a few 8- and 16-bit inspired photos, a couple of real-life locations, a compelling mini-barcode world where the lines function as trees; each discovery temporarily halted my campaign progression while I fully absorbed every inch of these remarkable locations. This is one of those rare experiences where I’d highly recommend 100% achievement completion to anyone, as there are so many wonderful secrets to uncover that I feel you’d be missing a substantial part of the experience by solely focusing on the main objective.

Nevertheless, I don’t think that puzzle game veterans will greatly struggle to complete even the hardest optional content; the difficulty never reached the levels offered by The Witness’ moderately challenging puzzles at any point, but that doesn’t necessarily detract from the experience. Not every puzzle game has to be filled with a series of insanely arduous challenges, especially if they remain this consistently pleasant to solve. Looking back on the original Portal, that game can be beaten in under 2 hours, and no test chamber poses a challenge as great as much of what would be created for Portal 2. In spite of its low difficulty, Portal is still looked back upon as an instant classic due to the creativity of its mechanics. Viewfinder’s photo placement technology is arguably much more flexible than could ever be delivered by two portals; while it does lack a degree of timelessness which Valve’s seminal title will always have, the mechanics in Viewfinder are so excellent that a game even triple the length of this would still not scratch the surface of what it makes possible.

I think the biggest sticking point for many people will be Viewfinder’s short length. It took me about 5 hours to complete all the main challenges, then close to an additional 3 to finish the optional levels and clear up every achievement. There also aren’t many reasons to replay the game, unless you wanted to return to previous levels and experiment with various camera filters to create some abstract art pieces. It’s a shame that it’s all over so quickly, as I can’t think of a better example of a game that would insanely benefit from Steam Workshop support. As it stands though, there was not a single moment within these 8 hours that I didn’t absolutely adore. Whether that’s worth £20 or not to you is ultimately down to personal preference, though I personally think the value proposition here is somewhat reasonable if you were already highly keen on playing this title based on the marketing.

Viewfinder is one of the most impressive puzzle games I’ve ever played. I’m in awe at how a team could create levels centered around mechanics this flexible yet still present a clear goal to attain for each level. It may not be very long, and I can understand the length will be a dealbreaker to some people at this price point. However, the quality on offer in Viewfinder is so high that it becomes an absolute must-play to all types of puzzle game fans, or enjoyers of unique experiences in general. I really hope Viewfinder receives more content, in particular Steam Workshop support which I can imagine would make it blow up in popularity even more than it already has. I can easily see this making a list of my favourite games of the year, and I cannot wait to see where this highly talented team goes from here.

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I... Hesitated on reviewing this game due to thinking it's an insanely novel game with things I really like, but there are 3 major flaws that just sour the experience.
Let's start with the positives:
1. The Mechanics
Generally very creative and abstract, allowing for probably thousands of dumb roundabout solutions, I ended up doing a lot of random stuff for fun and the game allows you to generally thanks to being relatively lenient on how you decide to solve puzzles.
2. The Visuals
Beautiful. The different styles you encounter throughout the game are something to behold. There's some polish missing here and there, mainly with some level transitions (most notably the lack of any when exiting a level), but nothing major.
Now for the Negatives....
1. Story kinda just sucks.
Yeah this was probably the most frustrating part. The game establishes itself as a classic dystopia torn by global warming, not inherently bad but the really predictable plot built off of it is, and the cliché ending didn't help.
2. Repetitive and lack of much challenge.
Whilst I do appreciate the do-it-your-own-way nature of the puzzles it also ends up with difficult levels being hard to make, and the hardest levels I had throughout the whole game were just because I missed a piece, and that was just frustrating. Unfortunately, this lack of challenge is paired with a repetitive game, almost every puzzles feels like it's introducing a mechanic again and again and very often it ends up with the same solution to tons of levels.
3. Short and sweet but WAY overpriced
I'm all up for short and sweet games, linelith is still one of my favourite puzzles games, difference being it lasted 2 hours but cost 3 euros, this game with only 5 hours costs 25 euros, It's pretty, sure, but a much more adequate price tag would be near the 10-15 euro mark.
In Conclusion, one of the most creative games I've seen visually and sometimes mechanically, but ruined by a price tag, repetitiveness and a generic narrative.

Fantastic puzzle platformer. Story & writing are just ok. Music is very middle of the road and voice acting is often grating but the SFX/sound design is very fun.

More & tougher levels would be awesome!

Гра дуже крута, механіка в грі дуже прикольно зроблена і деякі загадки прям дають задуматись...але....
Графіка, музика, історія, механіка гри і погладити котика на 10/10
Єдине чого не вистачає, це маштабування. Гра проходиться за 4 години не спішного проходження. Хотілося б бачити більш складні загадки, з такою механікою можно зробити дуже складні світи. Можна було б прикрутити редактор рівнів, що б люди самі творили.
Хочеться сподіватися, що розробники займуться DLC, чи чимось подібним. В гри є набагато більший потенціал, ніж вона показує

I went into this game cautiously optimistic. I had played the demo and loved the creative game mechanics, but was worried that the game was going to lack decent puzzles and just rely on it's gimmick. I am delighted to say that is not the case. This game is a wonderful, albeit fairly short experience. The graphics are gorgeous, the world is stunningly designed, and very atmospheric. Best of all, the puzzles are very well thought out, some where so creatively put together that I genuinely exclaimed out loud when I realised the solution.

Oh, and you can pet the cat.
10/10

se vc gosta de portal vai adorar esse jogo

5h de durée de vie, mais le jeu est splendide, je l'ai oneshot
Si vous aimez les bonbons pour les yeux et que vous pouvez vous le permettre foncez

I did enjoy the game, and liked the interesting mechanics, the perspective angle was very nice, but since Steam doesn't have a neutral vote, I gave it a not recommended one for the following reasons:
- The game is quite short. Even if you do all the optional puzzles and spend time exploring, it is a very short experience. As such I find it is too expensive for what you get back. Obviously not every game need to be 50+ hours, but I still feel this was quite on the short side for the price. I completed the game in 5 hours, and that includes lots of time running around and looking at things.
- The puzzles are way too easy. Almost all of the solutions were very obvious. This is a clear contributing factor to the game being very short. If the puzzles had been a bit more complex, they would have been even more fun AND the game would have been longer without adding more puzzles.

Pro und Contra-Liste von diesem Game in Kurzfassung (persönliche Meinung):
Pro
· Flüssiges Gameplay
· Benutzerfreundliche Steuerung
· Schöne Grafik/Schönes Design
· Atmosphärische Soundtracks für jedes Level
· Interessante/innovative Spielmechanik
· Einzigartige Rätsel/Puzzle
· Keine Bugs/Grafikfehler
· Kleine Eastereggs/Erfolge
· Es gibt eine Katze und man kann sie streicheln

Contra
· Es gibt eine Story, aber mir fehlt der Content dazu (Warum ist was passiert, welche Rolle spielt man?)Die Story war immer nur kleiner Beigeschmack und verlief eher wie ein gerader Faden, es hat mir ein Höhepunkt gefehlt
· Viele Rätsel waren sehr erfrischend und interessant, aber manche gingen so schnell und waren nicht groß herausfordernd
· Es wurden viele Charaktere vorgestellt, aber auch dazu hat mir jeglicher Bezug gefehlt, super dass es ein Voiceover gab, aber diese wirkten etwas monoton
· Preis etwas zu hoch angesetzt, im Spiel habe ich mich immer viel umgeschaut und alle Erfolge erledigt und bin bei knapp 12h Spielstunden, was den Preis nicht ganz rechtfertigt

Alles in allem ein abwechslungsreiches Rätselgame für zwischendurch, war an vielen Stellen sehr begeistert und würde empfehlen es vllt. im Sale zu ergattern.

oyun gayet güzel 1 saat oynadım fakat fiyatı çok fazla o yüzden iade edicem

You can pet the cat.

Enough said.

超级喜欢这个游戏
这是我最喜欢的视觉解谜游戏，没有之一
它的许多设计让我起了鸡皮疙瘩
可爱治愈的画风让我不得不原价购买
我真的非常非常推荐这个游戏
不吃配置，快冲！！！！

Jogão! Puzzles MUITO criativos e que usam mecânicas incríveis! A história é muito boa também! Por mais que o preço esteja um pouco salgado, vale a pena.

#JusticeForCait

5 Saatlik deneyim ardindan daha bitiremedim ama sunlari soyleyebilirim
Bulmacalari guzel
Ortam, hikaye ve sarkilari ♥♥♥ tatli
Eglenceli bir oyun TL olarak belki fiyati biraz tuzlu gelebilir emin degilim ama gercekten oynarken zevk aldigim oyunlardan birisi oldu bulmaca seven biriyseniz gercekten size gore bir oyun

Edit: Oyunu bitirdim finali gercekten hosuma gitti verdigim paraya pisman etmeyen bir oyun oldugunu dusunuyorum.

While the photo mechanic is cool, the game as a whole is painfully easy. Each level lacks any level of complexity and most can be completed with just a cursory glance. A small consolation to anything though is that all of the interactions with Jessie are optional though the telephone booth after the first couple levels. I probably wouldn't have been able to continue if they weren't.

好，短

Recomendado por Cadaver

好玩，但是流程太短

Absolutely stunning and beautiful.

Get it on sale if anything.

Cool concept, but I wish it was longer. Puzzles were a bit too easy. This is 4 hours with listening to all of the dialogues I could find AND reading all of the notes/sticky notes I could find. I get it that coming up with clever puzzles are not easy, and weaving in a narrative simultaneously is a hefty task, but 3 hours of actual gameplay is too short.

Игра с интересным концептом, и милой графикой. Но на мой взгляд переоцененная.

Сюжет: берегите природу тупые вы ди*илы, избитый и скучно подан.

Головоломки концептуально интересны, но в 90% случаев, находится решение за 2 секунды, либо я слишком умный, как человек прошедший много головоломок (себя не похвалишь, никто не похвалит), либо просто разрабы не придумали ничего сложного. Игра в этом плане - скорее для детей лет 12. Есть например в игре: роботы, шары, бонус к прыжку, висящий мост и тд.; но все эти вещи просто декоративные секретки, зачастую на 1 уровень, никак геймплейно в игру не встроены - получается МОРЕ возможностей, для построения головоломок было просто выброшено. Зато имеем по 10-20 уровней с одной и той же особенностью, почти не меняющейся.

Я ставлю палец виз, не потому что игра плохая, а потому что мне жаль. Жаль весь тот потенциал, что был у этой идеи; геймплея и сюжета в частности. Ну и потому что, это была для меня не головоломка, а скорее просто медитативная тупка, на плюс-минус 6 часов.

2023年度十佳FPS游戏。

初见《Viewfinder》时相当惊艳，不过之前解谜节玩了demo，觉得过于平淡，所以没那么看好后续内容，因此游玩体验实际上是高于个人期望的。本作对于硬核解谜玩家来说确实稍显儿戏，但对喜欢解谜元素的休闲玩家来说仍是十分不错的选择。

游戏流程大约在3~5个小时，包含五章若干关卡，每个关卡又由数个小关连接而成。其实关卡数量并不算少，只是关卡平均耗时较短，就显得内容不够玩。

《Viewfinder》最精彩绝伦的点在于将2D的照片投射到3D空间的视觉震撼，从现成的照片开始，游戏引入作为核心存在的、能够对空间进行复制-粘贴的「照相机」，在此基础上对机制进行拓展，包括定点照相及带倒计时的定点照相，即拍即用的拍立得，再到将复制变成剪切的空间破坏机制等等，塑造出了一个天马行空的自由空间。

高自由度意味着什么？

关卡设定在物理性质的连续状态空间，它无法做到像离散空间谜题那样精准明确，有时候失败的原因可能只是相机照歪了一点，这就需要玩家反复尝试。并且，本作比寻常的物理谜题更为自由，改变物理空间的能力赋予了游戏无限可能，关键步骤可能不再唯一，用某些奇奇怪怪的方法也能蹭过关。

从关卡设计的角度来说，我当然希望每关的数个小关之间能够有所交错，而非纯粹的线性体验，不过更狭小的箱庭有益于减少玩家“迷失方向”的可能性。在机制的应用上也是如此，多数谜题缺乏深度，没有很好地将机制组合起来，只要眼神好使，该找的都能找到，自然而然就能解开谜题。

设计者放弃了谜题的难度和复杂度，转而使用不那么强力但是频率更高的Eureka Moments来维持玩家的流畅体验，只能说是个人选择。从一方面讲，玩家不会卡关，玩起来轻松愉悦，同时还能不断通过新机制和彩蛋获取新鲜感，从另一方面来说，新机制在关卡设计中的应用都是浅尝辄止，或许会导致一种“除了可选挑战关好像全程都在玩教程”的感觉，每章结束总觉得意犹未尽。

直到最后，游戏的结局关突然给了“休闲玩家”一头闷棍，在紧张的倒计时中，不断变换的场地构成了车轮关，后一关还可能用到前几关的场景照片。实话说我并不满意结局关的设计，倒不是限时的缘故，只是作为限时的代价，结局关几乎完全失去了思维深度，瞄来瞄去的操作让我真的有了FPS游戏的错觉，更重要的是它没有考虑到原地发生的场景变换对玩家位置的要求和时间回溯的影响，一旦失误不得不从头来过。

为了方便玩家尝试或者挽回失足坠落的惨剧，游戏提供了时间回溯的功能，还可以通过双击快速回到上一个关键的交互节点（例如拍下/使用照片），这点倒是十分贴心。不过，在结局关发现需要之前场景的照片时，时间回溯很可能会回到半空，某些比较偏的位置也可能让玩家在场景变换之后脚下一空。

本作是有剧情的，不仅有，还在各个关卡堆砌起了「碎片化叙事」，试图勾勒出这个世界的全貌。设定上涉及环境保护的理念，零零散散不是很清晰，整个故事推进得也比较快，开头那段还挺惊喜的，不过最后还没反应过来就被推到了别无选择的结局，可怜了我的猫猫呜呜。

与各种碎片信息一起藏在游戏里的还有很多有趣的「彩蛋」，密度之高让我甚至不知道该不该称之为彩蛋。这些照片或者其它平面图形放置到3D世界总有些奇妙的效果，能种花的游戏机，会发出尖叫声的《呐喊》，化物成真的设计蓝图...它们富有趣味，风格多变，大多数都与成就息息相关，一些较大的区域还可能藏着收集物。顺带一提，系统没有专门的收集物图鉴，所有的收集物都会安置在当前章节的地图中，比如第一章的小鸭子们就整整齐齐地坐在浴缸边沿上。

※ 背景音乐无功无过。
※ 配音普普通通，不过猫猫居然是大叔音，意外的反差萌。
※ 汉化质量走心，便利贴模型直接替换成了手写中文版，而不只是在旁边给个中文字幕。
※ 能有创意工坊自然好，有基于当前模型和机制的编辑器就更好，不过可行性有待商榷。
※ 全成就难度不高，主要是学会多“玩”，能交互的平面图都摆出来探索探索，实在找不到的后续看攻略补起来也很方便，只有一个“赶在时间阀最后一格过关”的成就可能需要多次尝试。
※ 完成部分关卡和成就会解锁新的滤镜，直接应用于拍摄出来的照片。滤镜款式丰富，后期一直在用西瓜滤镜，满屏幕都是西瓜，有一种精神错乱的美，让人不得不怀疑设计者的精神状态。
※ 椅子可以坐。

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《Viewfinder》呈现了一场美妙的视觉盛宴，创意、技术和美术缺一不可，如果有机会至少感受一下游戏的Demo。它对核心机制的探索更偏向广度而非深度，让玩家在轻松写意的冒险旅程中享受思考的快乐。

Inoltre vi sfido a trovare difetti in questo esempio di puzzle-game.
(E no, quelle cose fuori posto sono volute, piazzate li apposta, basta leggere i post-it).
E non ditemi che è troppo corto, voi che elogiate Portal come fosse l'ascensione, dimenticandovi che il primo dura 3 ore.
Poi leggi le recensioni dei "critici" che lo bocciano perché "è troppo facile", ma vostra madre è troppo facile.
Dove sta scritto che un puzzle-game DEVE per forza farti diventare matto per essere bello. Non è un souls-like, si gioca ♥♥♥ l'arte, se volevate qualcosa di più difficile guardate altrove invece di fare articoli pagati e ignoranti.
Il massimo della materia grigia che impiegherete qui sono 5 minuti nelle sezioni più complesse, ma ne uscirete col sorriso, questo conta di più di ogni altro puzzle che ti fa esaurire e ti fa "scappare" via dal gioco.
Puzzle-game non deve significare frustrazione.
Perfezione per me è riuscire ad appagare tutti, se voi siete laureati in meccanica quantistica e il vostro cervello si annoia a creare arte per risolvere enigmi è un vostro problema..
Le fasi più complesse vi faranno ragionare, ma saranno ragionamenti genuini e appaganti.
Un puzzle-game di 5-6 ore ♥♥♥ tale qualità di idee geniali e costanti ad ogni livello non è cosa da poco, smettiamo di fare paragoni inutili e insensati ♥♥♥ altri titoli.
Qui entriamo nei disegni di carta e sentiamo la carta calpestata, per dirne una.
Questa è un'esperienza che fa della creatività del giocatore il mezzo per avanzare nei puzzle, potete scomporre interi livelli solo per fare un ponte, creando un ambiente tridimensionale di arte astratta e omaggiare i quadri illusori di Esher.
Oppure se siete annoiati e guardate solo dritto potreste fate un ponte, andate dritti e finite il gioco.
Un esempio di puzzle-game perfetto a mio parere.
La difficoltà è calibrata, non uscite pazzi, ma rilassati.
Riuscirete a godervi un viaggio? Oppure fa schifo perché non è difficile?
Comunque la genialità degli enigmi mi ha fatto sorridere di gusto più volte, cosa che raramente mi è capitata.
Rimane comunque un prodotto "a consumo" che una volta finito, se l'avete apprezzato come me, vi rimarrà nella memoria per sempre.
La mia recensione ufficiale:
https://www.ilvideogioco.com/2023/08/29/viewfinder-recensione/

One of my fav games this year.

The puzzles can be quite easy but they utilize some fun and very interesting mechanics and introduce them gradually as you progress to keep you engaged. And it's got a neat story with some great voice acting to boot.

A bit on the short side, took me 5h and that's with 100% achievements, your mileage may vary and whether or not there is enough content here to justify the pricetag is up to you, but whats here is quality.

Do recommend.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

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☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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